Washington Theater
602 Washington Avenue,
Bay City,
MI
48708
602 Washington Avenue,
Bay City,
MI
48708
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The Washington Theater opened in 1903. It was built on the same site as the Woods Opera House which burned down on August 29, 1902. In 1916 the Washington Theater was renamed the Washington Strand Theater. That lasted until 1925 when the name was changed back to the Washington Theater.
This theater closed around 1963 and the building was demolished in 1965 to make way for a parking lot.
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These messages were somehow saved to another area. I’m pasting them in here.
“This theater closed around 1963 and the building was demolished in 1965 to make way for a parking lot.” Another parking lot is certainly what this country needs!
posted by Patsy on Aug 18, 2005 pm31 8:56pm
This is a 1930 ad for the Washington Theater.
posted by lostmemory on Aug 23, 2005 am31 7:02am
A Marr & Colton organ was installed in the Washington Theatre in 1924. It was later moved to the Bay Theatre in Bay City, MI.
posted by TC on Aug 29, 2005 am31 8:24am
BTW….This is where I found these messages:
http://cinematreasures.org/links/13376_0_5_0_C/
I have no idea how they got there. We need to fasten these messages down better so they don’t slide around. :) Just delete this message.
This site has photos.
Here are photos from 1979 and 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/cjju9e
http://tinyurl.com/cygmb9
I don’t think that’s the same building as seen in the 9/25/08 link. Maybe some error in the captioning.
When I was living in Bay City I performed on the stage of the Washington. Also, I took photographs of the Washington Follies learning to be a photographer. If I can figure out how to do it I will post the pictures.