Doric Theatre
908 Walnut Streeet,
Kansas City,
MO
64106
908 Walnut Streeet,
Kansas City,
MO
64106
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This downtown theatre was located on Walnut between East 9th and East 10th Streets. I could find no time line on the Doric. It was located a block east of the Palace Theatre.
Any further information on the Doric would be appreciated.
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This photo of the Doric theater is dated at 1915:
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I read that this theater closed in the early 1920’s due to a gas explosion that destroyed most of the building.
A Kimball organ Size 3/18 was installed in the Doric Theater in 1920. It appears that the organ survived the explosion because it was removed in 1922 and moved to the Liberty Theater in Council Bluffs, Iowa. 1922 could be around the time that the Doric Theater closed.
I am in possesion of a photocopy of a partial page from the “Kansas City Star” dated November 25, 1917. It reports on the construction of the Doric Theater which was to replace the Ridge Building located at 908 Walnut Street which had burned in 1909. The theater was to cost “over $50,000” and was being built by a company managed by George W. Curtis “one of the first Kansas City men to be interested in moving pictures.”
The theater got its name from the exterior design of the building created by the architects, Greenebaum & Hardy. The exterior finish of the building was terra cotta and the seating capacity was 976.
Here are a couple of photos from an architectural journal titled The Western Architect, Sept. 1919 issue. Lovely interior shot, which also shows the floor plan. Enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcfan/5670370082
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