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Theater-Workshop

Building Name:
Theater-Workshop
Alternate Names:
Judging Pavillion, Stock Pavillion, Shattuck Theater
Historical Note:
The Theater-Workshop (also known as the Judging Pavilion, Stock Pavilion, and later Shattuck Theater) was built in 1900 as a stock judging pavilion. In 1931, the building was converted into a theater workshop for the Iowa State Players and remodeled in 1936. The name Shattuck Theater was adopted in 1960, and the structure remained in use until it was razed in 1979.
Year Built:
1900
Year Removed:
1979
Architect:
Liebbe, Nourse & Rasmussen
Contractor:
Maine & McKee
More Information:
Day Digital Edition Description
The Theater-Workshop (also known as the Judging Pavilion, Stock Pavilion, and later Shattuck Theater) was built in 1900 as a stock judging pavilion. In 1931, the building was converted into a theater workshop for the Iowa State Players and remodeled in 1936. The name Shattuck Theater was adopted in 1960, and the structure remained in use until it was razed in 1979.
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Photographs Containing Theater-Workshop: (18 Items)
Photograph of an arbor...
Photograph of an arbor with a barn behind it in the background. Annotation: “Summer House at Farm House. May 27, 1907.”
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Photograph of the Dinkey...
Photograph looking west at Dinkey tracks. To the right (north) the Theater Workshop (Judging Pavilion) and Landscape Architecture (Horse Barn, First) can be seen. The Farm House can be seen in the background to the left (south). Annotation: “Motor track looking west. Horse Barn (Land. Arch. Bldg.), theater pavilion on right. Farmhouse on left in background. n.d.”
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Photograph of the Landscape...
Photograph of the Landscape Architecture building (Horse Barn), with the Cattle Barn in the background and the Theater Workshop on the right. The view is looking northeast.
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Photograph of cows on...
Photograph of cows on a path with the Experiment Station Barn in the far left background and feeding shed in the close left background. A tall silo also appears in the photograph. The view is looking south.
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Photograph of cows on...
Photograph of cows on a path with the Theater Workshop (Judging Pavilion) in the right background. The view is looking south.
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Photograph of a group...
Photograph of a group of people standing with cattle in front of the Judging Pavilion. The horse barn is in the left background. The view is looking northwest.
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Photograph of the Experiment...
Photograph showing the barn complex at the Agricultural Experiment Station. It shows the Judging Pavilion, the Experiment Station Barn, the Cattle Barn, the current Theater Workshop, and the current Landscape Architecture building.
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Photograph of barn complex...
Photograph of a west-northwest view of the barn complex. It shows the horse and cattle barns, a pavilion, and an outbuilding, with fenced pastures in the foreground.
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre...
Photograph of the Shattuck Theatre showing the exterior south doors and a signboard containing a poster for "Fiddler on the Roof."
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Photograph of people and...
Photograph of men and women showing four sheep outside the Shattuck Theatre.
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre...
Photograph of the south doors of the Shattuck Theatre. There are trees and bushes without leaves in the foreground.
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre...
Photograph of the south door of Shattuck Theatre, facing north-northwest. There are bushes to the right of the door and a sign to the left.
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre,...
Annotation: "Judging beef cattle. Remodelled for theatre workshop."
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre...
Photograph of the south doors of Shattuck Theatre. The doors are closed, and the sign above the door says "Jane Eyre."
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre...
Photograph of the south doors of Shattuck Theatre. The doors are closed, and the sign above the door says "Jane Eyre."
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Photograph of Shattuck Theatre...
Eight photographs of Shattuck Theatree in the fall, taken from different angles.
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Horse Barn
The brick Horse Barn on the left, built around 1900, with the Iowa Agricultural College Experiment Barn and the Judging Pavilion on the right. Two beef cattle are shown being led into the Pavilion as several men also approacch the area.
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Photograph of the southwest...
Left to Right: Landscape Architecture, Theater-Workshop, Experiment Station Barn, and Agronomy Farm Crops Laboratory. Looking east-northeast.
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Preferred Citation:
"Theater-Workshop", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
Reference Link:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/projects/campuscornerstones/items/buildingprofile0053.html
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