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Amargosa Opera House and Hotel is a historic building and cultural center located in Death Valley Junction, in eastern Inyo County, California near Death Valley National Park. Resident artist Marta Becket staged dance and mime shows there from the late 1960s until her final show in February 2012. The Death Valley Junction Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned by the nonprofit established by Becket for the preservation of the property.〔 The theater was part of a company town designed by architect Alexander Hamilton McCulloch and constructed in 1923–25 by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The U-shaped complex of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture style adobe buildings included company offices, employees' headquarters, a dormitory and a 23-room〔("Amargosa Opera House Motel Shoshone" ). ''HotelGuides.com''. Retrieved 2013-05-21.〕 hotel with a dining room, lobby and store. At the northeast end of the complex was a recreation hall used as a community center for dances, church services, movies, funerals and town meetings.〔("The Hotel" ). ''Amargosa Opera House (official website)''. Retrieved 2013-05-21.〕 ==History== Marta Becket rented the recreation hall in 1967, when it was known as Corkhill Hall; she began repairs, created the sets, and painted murals on the adobe walls.〔〔 She renamed it the Amargosa, the original name of the former mining town.〔 In 1970, journalists from ''National Geographic'' discovered Becket doing a performance at the Amargosa Opera House without an audience. Their profile and another in ''Life'' led to an international interest in Becket and her theater. She began performing to visitors from around the world, including such notables as Ray Bradbury and Red Skelton. In 1974, Becket completed her murals〔 and established the nonprofit Amargosa Opera House, Inc. to continue preservation of the property. Through the Trust for Public Land, the nonprofit bought the town of Death Valley Junction, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1981.〔 In 1983, the Opera House bought 120 theater seats from the Boulder City Theater in Boulder City, Nevada to replace the worn garden chairs〔("The Opera House" ). ''Amargosa Opera House (official site)''. Retrieved 2013-05-20.〕 and the official National Register of Historic Places marker for Death Valley Junction was placed.〔 The Amargosa Hotel is open year round for visitors from all over the world. Beyond these maintained areas, the town of Death Valley Junction is almost a ghost town. There are no gas stations. The single restaurant, the Amargosa Cafe, was part of the Opera House and Hotel, however, it is now also closed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amargosa Opera House and Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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