In the early 1900's, Park City's social and entertainment needs were served by flourishing theaters and social halls. After the Dewey Theater on this site collapsed under a heavy snow load, John Rugar replaced it with the Egyptian Theater in 1926, designed to seat 400 and accommodate both movies and vaudeville. It became Park City's first sound movie theater. After remodeling in 1963, the building opened as the Silver Wheel Theater, where old fashioned meller dramas were performed for the next fifteen years. In 1978, an attempt to change its facade to a western motif threatened the building's architectural integrity, but its distinctive Egyptian features were preserved when it became the home of Park City Performances in 1981. The Egyptian Revival Style represents a unique period architecture that peaked in America around 1930, and Egyptian theaters are rare, with this one being one of only two remaining in Utah. Originally, the interior contained replicas of Egyptian artifacts, and the masonry structure's false front, which shields its hip roof, along with tiles at the base of the ticket booth and obelisk-shaped pilasters, reinforce the Egyptian motif.