Erie Theatre

The open dates I previously listed were a little inaccurate. The Erie actually opened in 1919 and closed the first time in 1965. During most of those years it was owned by the Griffith Amusement Co., later known as Griffith Consolidated Theatres and also Video Independent Theatres. The dates listed on the Erie's second incarnation, 1969-1982, are correct.

Still winter quarters to Carson-Barnes Circus, Hugo was once the off season respite for fifteen different cirus units. Take a look at this link to learn about Showmen's Rest Reprieve;
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OKHUGgraves.html

For more info look at the Mac Theatre.

This link will take you to a 1938 photo of Hugo's Erie Theatre;
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/images/d4/hugo_erietheatre1938.jpg

and here are images of Hugo's Dixie Theatre -
sidewalk view
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/photos/jo2/dixie-steps1994.jpg
facade view
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/images/d4/hugo_dixie-bellmont.jpg

This 1924 downtown map shows the location of two Hugo early day movie houses, lot 117-Erie Theatre, and lot 110-Ritz Theatre
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/images/hugomap/hugomap.htm

Here are proceedings against one William Weaver, who allegedly torched the Erie in May 1933:
http://tinyurl.com/2atbtv

Sharp period photos of the Erie exterior and interior leave no dought as to what this theatre looked like before and after the remodel job. To see images type in word "erie" . . .
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web

This was the Mac in 1987.

The 1924 map of downtown Hugo to which Okie Medley linked above has been moved Here. You can also fetch any of the other photos in dead rootsweb links by changing the domain in their url from rootsweb.com to okgenweb.org.