Fort Theater

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Fort Theater is a historic two-story building in Kearney, Nebraska, at 2205 Central Avenue. It was built in 1914 as The Empress by F.G. Keens and designed in the Classical Revival style. In 1940 the theater was partly destroyed, and later Don and George Monroe bought it and added a front marquee; the facade was redesigned in the Moderne style by architect Edward J. Sessinghaus. Inside, there are murals by Joyce Ballantyne. The building, which covers less than an acre, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 2006.