508 S. Main Street
Moscow, Idaho 83843

The Kenworthy theatre occupies a dominant position in the turn-of-the-century cityscape of downtown Moscow. Although the opening of the Kenworthy as a public theatre by Milburn Kenworthy took place on January 4, 1926, some of the building was in use as the Crystal Theatre as early as 1908. A Robert Morgan theatre pipe organ was purchased in 1927 to accompany silent films and is now housed at the University of Idaho Auditorium. The original brick structure was enlarged by twenty-four feet to the south in 1928. At that time, the stage was used for vaudeville and other dramatic productions, and for silent films. Talking pictures started in 1929. The theatre was remodeled in 1949 with a new terracotta tile façade and enlarged marquee. It was run as Moscow’s premier movie theatre by the Kenworthy family until the late 1980s when it was leased until its gift to the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, Inc. in 2000. The theatre was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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