Hyart Theater, Movie theater in Lovell, United States

The Hyart Theater is a two-story cinema on Main Street in Lovell, about 224 feet deep and 70 feet wide. Its walls are structural clay tile faced with brick, and the lower street facade is clad in small slabs of rhyolite from Idaho Falls, Idaho. The upper facade is pink sheet metal screened by a diagonal turquoise metal lattice, with eight windows behind it.

The theater was built in 1950 by Hyrum Bischoff and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its roof trusses were made from salvaged rails from Montana mines, used due to steel shortages during the Korean War.

The Hyart's name combines the first name of builder Hyrum "Hy" Bischoff with "art", echoed by the neon artist's palette on its pylon sign. The Bischoff family, Mormon settlers from Fountain Green, Utah, ran cinemas in Lovell from 1913, when Dan Bischoff bought the Armada Theater. Loretta Bischoff managed the Hyart from 1960 and closed it in 1992; a community group reopened it in 2004.

The theater sits on Main Street and is easy to find on foot thanks to its tall neon sign and turquoise lattice visible from a distance. When visiting, keep in mind that programming and facilities may vary depending on the season.

The pylon sign carries a neon artist's palette as well as the word HYART, set at a right angle to Main Street. Behind the turquoise lattice, eight second-floor windows belong to an office and an apartment where the Bischoff family kept an eye on the cinema.