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REXBURG — Now citizens can vote not just for politicians, but also to help "save" the Romance Theatre.
The Rexburg theater has been nominated for Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program in 2011.
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REXBURG — Now citizens can vote not just for politicians, but also to help "save" the Romance Theatre.
The Rexburg theater has been nominated for Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program in 2011.
The voting process is already under way at www.hamptonlandmarks.com and will continue through Nov. 30. The prize is $30,000, which will go to the restoration of the winning structure.
In Idaho, the Romance is competing against the Potato Museum in Blackfoot and the Rock Creek Station, a cabin on the historic Oregon Trail near Twin Falls.
Winners will be announced the first week in December, just in time to coincide with International Volunteerism Day.
Restoration of the historic theater is already under way with a Saving America's Treasures grant.
The goal is to restore the facade and interior to its original look.
Local Romance Theater Committee members say the venue is planned as a focal point for the performing arts in the upper valley.
The Romance was built in 1917 and was originally known as the Rex in the days of vaudeville and silent films. It was remodeled and renamed in 1935 and began showing movies with sound.
After the Teton Dam broke in 1976 and flooded the theater along with the town, it was remodeled once again and became known as the Westwood Theater.
Later, with only a single screen competing with newer multiplex theaters, the Westwood closed in 2001.
The city bought it in 2005, and restoration has been picking up the pace since then.
The restoration committee hopes that citizens will help the theater gain more votes than a cabin or potato museum.
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