Perry Crosier

Perry E. Crosier (November 17, 1890 – July 25, 1953) was an American architect based in Minnesota, best known for the theatres he designed throughout Minnesota. He also designed apartment complexes and residences.

He worked independently later. His firm became Perry E. Crosier & Son, in 1946, when his son Paul joined. He died on July 25, 1953. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.

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 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.

Other works include: the Belmont, an apartment complex the Oak Terrace, an apartment complex Fair Oaks Apartments (1939) Highland Village Apartments (1939) the Loring Medical Building (1926), Minneapolis. Golden Valley Road apartments, North Minneapolis

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