Built in 1920 (Pueblo Deco architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for McKinley County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1920, Pueblo Deco architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Chief Theater in 1996, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MENTMORE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chief Theater: 5 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Uranium, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup Brick & Tile Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hogback Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1950, 1951, 1960 | |
| Red Dog Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Car-Ball 13 Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Hyde Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| J & S Enterprise | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes Quarry | Stone | Producer | Basalt | |
| Elkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gallup Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gallup, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 8 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Gallup | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A 30-year man drowned while trying to cross the Hunters Point arroyo on Navajo Tribal lands southwest of Gallup. Two men and their vehicle became bogged in the arroyo. The survivor reported being hit by three waves of water and mud. The last wave separated the victim from the vehicle. His body was recovered 7 miles downstream. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Gallup | 1 killed | A 56-year old woman drowned near Ojo Encino after seeking shelter in a culvert from a rainstorm. The woman and a companion were swept from the culvert by runoff from locally heavy rain. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Gallup | $100,000 | One to two inches of rain from a slow moving thunderstorm caused wide spread street flooding in Gallup. Debris clogged city drainage which aggravated flooding in the older down town section. Water reached 18 to 24 inches deep in several business and two homes. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Gallup | $50,000 | Six inches of water flooded the ground floor of the McKinley County Juvenile Detention Center. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallup | $25,000 | A trailer home was overturned and destroyed by a microburst near the Springstead Trading Post. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Gallup | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Gallup | $5,000 | State EOC Situation Report #2 on the 11th indicated NM 118 was closed on the 10th due to flood waters, mud, and debris over roadway. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Gallup | $5,000 | Flash flooding occurred along Maloney Street between 1st and 6th streets. Several of these intersections were closed as water was halfway up vehicles. A few cars were stuck in the water. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallup | $1,000 | Microburst winds damaged the roof to a trailer in Gallup. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Gallup | - | A video shared via Facebook showed flash flooding in the Gallup area. Area and timing is estimated via radar as video was made unavailable shortly after it was shared. No damages are known. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Gallup | - | Flood waters 2 to 3 feet deep on Aztec Road between 8th and 10th streets. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Gallup | - | Locally heavy rains produced considerable street flooding in Gallup. The Gallup Airport reported rainfall of 1.97 inches ending at 7AM September 9, for a new 24-hour daily record precipitation amount. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallup | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Gallup | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Gallup | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Grand Hotel | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Rex Hotel | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Palace Hotel | under 500 feet | 1988 |
| Harvey Hotel | under 500 feet | 1988 | |
 | 201-203 W Coal Ave | under 500 feet | 2016 |
| C. N. Cotton Warehouse | under 500 feet | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002223 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| McKinley County | All 25 listed properties in this county. |
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