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Star Theatre

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Star Theatre is a historic two-story building in Price, Utah. It was built in 1923-1924 for five brothers who were immigrants from Greece: Pete, Angelo, Charlie, George and Harry Georgedes.”

Wikipedia article Star Theatre (Price, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Carbon County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 20 E. Main St., Price, 84501
  • When was it listed? August 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Price
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82004116 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Star Theatre between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural21
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeMARSING
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCARBONVILLE
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWOODHILL
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCONSUMERS
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSoutheast AreaMEADS WASH
5 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROADSIDE
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMoab Field OfficeGORDON CREEK
24 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMoab Field OfficeCOAL

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Star Theatre: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Industrial Center Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerChert, Limestone, Sandstone
Lowdermilk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone, Sandstone
Lowdermilk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Limestone, Sandstone
Unknown Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept of Highways Pit #04011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04015Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Limestone, Sandstone
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No. 04020Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSandstone

Every working recorded in Carbon County

Storms near this property

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Price, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPrice$300,000Severe thunderstorm winds hit the area near Price, with most damage reported in Miller Creek. The strongest recorded wind was 58 mph (50 kts) at the Price Airport. However, 4 miles to the south in Miller Creek, the winds lifted a mobile home off its foundation and destroyed the structure. A roof was torn off another home and onto another. causing heavy damage. A horse was killed by flying debris. A total of 12 houses were damaged, along with a barn and a corral.
August 2017HailPrice-Nickel-sized hail was reported near Price.
September 2016Flash FloodPrice-Flash flooding was reported in Price and other surrounding areas, including near the Book Cliffs.
July 2011Flash FloodPrice-Flash flooding was reported on Gordon Creek, west of Price, after a radar-estimated 3 to 4 inches of rain fell over the area.
October 2010HailPrice-Nickel size (0.88 inch diameter) hail was reported near Price.
June 2006HailPrice-Estimated size...reported by NSSL. 1" hail also reported in Sunnyside and Wellington about the same time.
September 2006HailPrice-Large thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced 1.25" to 1.5" hail reported in numerous location in and just east of Price.
August 2005HailPrice-Hail fell for 20 min in downtown Price
July 2001Tornado (F0)Price-An F0 tornado was spotted over open country about 10 miles southwest of Price.
June 1997FloodPrice-A strong thunderstorm caused heavy rain to fall in the town of Price. Street flooding occurred due to this heavy downpour. A spotter in Price measured 1.61" of rain on this date.
September 2006HailPrice-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carbon County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Albert and Mariah Bryner Houseunder 500 feet2008
US Post Office-Price Mainunder 500 feet1989
39-47 W Main0.1 miles2008
Price Municipal Building0.1 miles1978
Price Tavern/Braffet Block0.1 miles1978
Parker and Weeter Block0.2 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82004116 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carbon CountyAll 26 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.