Star Theatre

Five brothers from the Greek island of Mytilene built this Classical Revival showhouse on Price's Main Street in 1923, and they worked their heritage into its face: fluted Corinthian columns, and above them carved masks of Greek tragedy and comedy. A Greek Orthodox priest chose the name — everyone, he reasoned, can see the stars. For decades it ran silents and westerns for a coal town thick with immigrants. The theater is long dark now, but the ornate front still stands on Main Street above what became an office-supply store.

What the plaque says

The Star Theatre was built in 1923-24 for the five Georgedes brothers: Pete, Angelo, Charlie, George and Harry. Natives of the Greek island of Mytelene, the Georgedes brothers immigrated to the United States and by the early 1920's had become successful businessmen. The theater was designed by architect J. A. Headland of Salt Lake City. The architectural features, with Corinthian columns and second story masks representing figures from Greek Theatre, reflect the Greek heritage of the original owners. In 1964, the building was acquired by Duane and LaVern Steele, and later acquired by Curtis Steele and Scott Sjostrom in 1985

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prehistoric Museum at USU Eastern — steps away
  A small-town museum punching way above its weight in dinosaur science
• Price — steps away
  A gritty coal mining town with a surprisingly excellent dinosaur museum
• Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry — 20 mi
  The densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur bones ever found

More markers nearby

• Coal Miner — steps away
• Carbon Tabernacle/Price River Valley — steps away
• The Price of Freedom World War I Memorial — steps away
• Immigrant Monument — steps away