Finnish Casino Star Theater, Gunnison UT

The Finnish Casino Theatre in Gunnison, Utah, also known as the Star Theater, is a Beaux Arts building constructed in 1912 and currently undergoing renovations. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Gunnison entrepreneur Sims M. Duggins built the theater in 1912 as a "big box" as a first step in construction. Duggins had the Beaux-Arts School of Architectural Design in Paris design the façade and hired a Pittsburgh fellowship to build it. Components of the façade arrived by train and were installed in 1915. Duggins died in 1928 and his widow hired C.E. Huish, whose family owned theaters throughout Utah, to manage the theater. Huish closed in the recessed entry with a wall at the front edge of the arch, and the addition that preserved many of the original decorations. Huish also installed restrooms and changed the name to the Star Theater.