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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Oklahoma » Guthrie » Brooks Theatre
Also known as Brooks Opera House, Avon Theatre

Brooks Theatre

Guthrie, OK
116 E. Harrison Avenue
, Guthrie, OK 73044 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Joseph Foucart
Firm: Unknown
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In the panoramic 1910 image in the link below can be seen the side wall and stagehouse of the old Brooks Theatre in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Once someone told me that the Brooks Theatre and Royal Hotel shared a common lobby, but that's all the info I have about this odeon.

If you have additional history on the Brooks, please submit what you know.

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Brooks Theatre
Contributed by Jeff Chapman

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Here is a 1910 photo of Brook Theater.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp.6a15540
posted by ___ on Apr 9, 2006 at 4:53am
Why must these web addresses be so complicated?
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a15540
posted by ___ on Apr 9, 2006 at 4:55am
The name painted on the sidewall reads BROOKS Theatre, not Brook. Sure hope the facade was less messy than the rest of the building!
posted by Okie Medley on Apr 14, 2006 at 2:13am
Shown here is a bronze marker outlining a complete history of Brooks Opera House (AKA-Avon Theatre) 1899-1967.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tammie/photo/bohmark.htm
posted by ___ on May 6, 2006 at 4:22am
It has been reported that Brooks Opera House and Royal Hotel shared a common lobby. An economical idea. Click below to see a vintage picture of Guthrie's Royal Hotel-
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tammie/photo/royalhotel.htm
posted by ___ on May 6, 2006 at 4:32am
Brooks Opera House address was 116 East Harrison, Guthrie, OT.
posted by Okie Medley on May 6, 2006 at 11:07pm
Other Guthrie historic auditoriums can be seen by clicking here- - -
http://guthriescottishrite.org/egypt.html
&
http://guthriescottishrite.org/auditorium.html
posted by ___ on May 13, 2006 at 5:55am
Every Monday night during the darkest days of The Great Depression the Guthrie Convention Hall would present free second run movies.
Click ePodunk link below to view color postcard of Convention Hall-
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/v.php?c=614954&e
posted by Okie Medley on May 20, 2006 at 3:22pm
Historical photos of Brooks Opera House, Pollard Theatre, and Highland Theatre can be seen on below links-
http://libraries.ou.edu/etc/westhist/holmes/business.html
and Hollywood stars at the Pollard-
http://libraries.ou.edu/etc/westhist/holmes/misc2.html
posted by Seymour Cox on Jan 20, 2007 at 1:18pm
Brooks Opera House was designed by Joseph Foucart, a renouned architect from Paris, France, who pariticipated in the Great Run of '89.
posted by Cosmic Ray on Jan 28, 2007 at 5:54am
Brooks Opera House and Muskogee's Ritz (nee-Hinton) Theatre were so similar in style and design, one can't help but wonder if both buildings were from J. Foucart's drawing board.
posted by Miss Melba Toast on Jul 16, 2007 at 12:13pm
The status above says unknown, so i'll just go ahead and confirm that the building is completely demolished.
posted by roadsideok on Aug 25, 2007 at 5:47pm
Wonderful vintage interior/exterior photos show exactly what this frontier theatre was all about. To see these exciting images type in word 'Guthrie' ...
http://okhistory.cuadra.com/starweb3/b.archives/servlet.starweb3?path=b.archives/STARArchives.public.web
posted by Seymour Cox on Oct 8, 2007 at 10:41am
The Brooks Opera House opened in 1899. Its immediate predecessor in Guthrie was the McKennon Opera House which is listed in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. Unfortunately, there are no street addresses for the theatres listed in this Guide. The McKennon had 700 seats and was located on the second floor of its building. Its stage was 26 feet deep and there were 8 members of its house orchestra. The 1897 population of Guthrie was 12,000.
posted by Ron Salters on Oct 8, 2007 at 11:31am
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