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100 YEARS NEW: Rupert celebrates the restoration of the Historic Wilson Theatre

Laurie Welch
Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020
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Fireworks light up the night sky June 30, 2017, over the Historic Wilson Theatre in Rupert.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DREW NASH

The Wilson Theatre building prior to renovation.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORIC WILSON THEATRE

Work continues on Fremont Avenue in July 2017 near the newly completed Historic Wilson Theatre.

Laurie Welch

Rupert Renaissance Arts Center board chairman Larry Duff, left, and theater administrator Kris Faux talk in 2019 about the new seats at the Historic Wilson Theatre. The installation of the seats marked the end of the major renovations at the theater.

Laurie Welch

Theater administrator Kris Faux talks in 2019 about these original stained-glass windows at the Historic Wilson Theatre in Rupert.

PAT SUTPHIN, TIMES-NEWS FILE PHOTO

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Laurie Welch

RUPERT — When 100-year-old Clara Shelton was a young girl, she’d take her little sister to the movies at the Wilson Theatre as a special treat; 10 cents would get them both inside to watch a silent film.

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The Historic Wilson Theatre — Clara Shelton talks about her memories of the Wilson Theatre on June 9 at her home in Rupert.
PAT SUTPHIN, TIMES-NEWS

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Ardena Snapp of Rupert talks about the Wilson Theatre in its early days at her Rupert home.
LAURIE WELCH, TIMES-NEWS

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Robert Orr at a Historic Wilson Theatre fundraiser.
COURTESY PHOTO

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Earl making molds — Earl Corless makes a plaster cast of a design element for the Historic Wilson Theatre from a rubber mold that he also created during the theater restoration.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISAN HARDCASTLE

KriSan Hardcastle carving — KriSan Hardcastle carves a stencil design she uncovered at the Historic Wilson Theatre by removing layers of paint from the light coving at the top of the auditorium.
PHOTO COURTESY OF EARL CORLESS

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PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS JACKSON

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Renovating exterior — Workers renovate the exterior of the Historic Wilson Theatre.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORIC WILSON THEATRE

Historic Wilson Theatre exterior renovation — Crew members work to renovate the outside of the Historic Wilson Theatre.
COURTESY PHOTO

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