The Archive · 43 sources

The Archive

Everything the AI guide knows comes from the collections below. Each answer links back to the passage it used, so you can always read the original.

Collections

7 chapters

History

A century in seven chapters, from Jacob Hardacre's will to the 2013 closing.

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8 sections

Architecture

The façade point by point, the three-part plan, the hidden arch and the lodge hall upstairs.

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4 eras

Stage & Screen

Road shows, war films, talkies and style shows, from the newspapers of the day.

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Since 2013

Restoration

The 2013 closing, the crowdfunding drive, the National Register listing and the plan ahead.

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The primary document

NRHP · 15000951

National Register of Historic Places nomination: Hardacre Theater

Prepared by
Jennifer A. Price, Ph.D., Price Preservation Research
Date
October 2015
Listed
January 5, 2016
Length
74 pages, including historic photographs and newspaper advertisements
Publisher
National Park Service (public document)

The guide reads Sections 7 and 8 of this nomination page by page, and cites the PDF page it drew on.

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Other sources

Sources disagree on a few dates, including the opening year and when the 2014 purchase closed. The collections note these differences.