Private company

Fort Peck Theater

Logo: fortpecktheatre.org3

United States historic place

The Fort Peck Theatre was built as a temporary structure in 1934 in Fort Peck, Montana, to serve as a movie theatre. It is also known as the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The theater was designed in a pseudo-Swiss-chalet style as an amenity for the 50,000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers and their families at the Fort Peck Dam project.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Fort Peck Theatre2 NRHP 83001077 Valley County, MT
Photo: Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Fort Peck Theatre was built as a temporary structure in 1934 in Fort Peck, Montana, to serve as a movie theatre. It is also known as the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The theater was designed in a pseudo-Swiss-chalet style as an amenity for the 50,000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers and their families at the Fort Peck Dam project. The interior features open-truss wood construction, with handcrafted light fixtures fabricated in Corps of Engineers workshops. The theater survived to become a permanent facility, and as of 2026 houses an annual professional summerstock theatre company.2

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