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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Michigan » Detroit » Colonial Theatre

Colonial Theatre

Detroit, MI
2615 Woodward Avenue
, Detroit, MI 48201 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1566
Chain: Unknown
Architect: C. Howard Crane, Ted Rogvoy
Firm: Unknown
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The Colonial Theatre, which was, like so many other Detroit theaters, a work of C. Howard Crane, was opened on October 8, 1917, and originally could seat 1,566 in its auditorium.

The Colonial Theatre had both vaudeville acts and motion pictures on its program in its early days, but soon switched to movies-only.

It was first owned, like the huge Hollywood Theatre, by the Cohen Brothers, and its original plans called for a nearly-3,000 seat palace, with over 200 box seats.

The Colonial Theatre was operated by Midwest Theaters from the 1950's on, and operated into the mid-1970's. Not long after it closed its doors, it was razed.
Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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A Hillgreen-Lane theater organ opus 480 size 2/22 was installed in the Colonial Theater in 1917 at a cost of $4,500.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 29, 2007 at 12:40pm
Detroit Plans being prepared by G Howard architect 2328 Dime Bank Bldg for theater for Colonial Theater Co Estimated cost Bids will be received about May 1 The Bridgemen's Magazine By International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers
posted by BWChicago on Nov 10, 2008 at 10:18pm
The Colonial got a new facade, designed by architect Ted Rogvoy, in 1948. The project was underway according to an item in Boxoffice Magazine of June 19 that year. The Colonial was the headquarters house for Midwest Theatres by then.
posted by Joe Vogel on Jul 5, 2009 at 12:29am
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