Perry E. Crosier (1890-1953^[1]) was an architect based in Minnesota, best known for the theatres he designed throughout Minnesota. He also designed apartment complexes and residences.^[1] Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was born November 17, 1890, in Minneapolis. In 1909 he became a draftsman for Minneapolis architect Harry W. Jones. During 1910-13 he worked variously for architects Bertrand and Chamberlin, for a real estate firm, for a building contractor, and more.^[1]

He worked independently later. His firm became Perry E. Crosier & Son, in 1946, when his son Paul joined. He died in August 1953.^[1]

Works by "Perry Crosier" or "Perry Crosier and Son" include:

theatres in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area

• Boulevard Twins Theatre (1939)
• the Avalon Theatre (1937)
• the St. Louis Park Theatre (1938)
• the Hopkins Theatre (1941)
• West Twins Theatre, West St. Paul.

In collaboration with Liebenberg & Kaplan:

• the Westgate Theatre (1934)
• the Cinema Theatre in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
• the Princess Theatre in Wabasha, Wisconsin
• Village Theatre (1944–46) in Faribault, Minnesota^[1]

other theatres

• Falls Theater (1933), 117 First Street S.E., Little Falls, Minnesota, a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Little Falls Commercial Historic District^[2]
• Strand Theatre, 618 Hill Ave., Grafton, ND (Crosier, Perry E. and Son), NRHP-listed
• Walla Theater, 909 Central Ave., Walhalla, ND (Crosier, Perry E. & Son), NRHP-listed
• West Theatre, now The Tarlton Theatre (1941 converted to a theatre), in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in Art Deco and Art Moderne styles.^[3]

Other works include:

• the Belmont, an apartment complex
• the Oak Terrace, an apartment complex
• the Fair Oaks (1939), an apartment complex
• the Loring Medical Building (1926), Minneapolis.
• Golden Valley Road apartments, North Minneapolis^[1]

He is reported to have designed 1211, 1215, 1221, 1227, and 1233 Russell Avenue North, and the Tazewell Apartments in St. Paul.^[1]

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