Strand Theatre
217 E. Superior Street,
Alma,
MI
48801
217 E. Superior Street,
Alma,
MI
48801
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The Strand, located on Superior Street at Gratiot Avenue in downtown Alma, is now used for live entertainment. Further information on the Strand would be appreciated.
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This is a close-up view of the Strand.
The Gratiot County Players moved into the Strand Theater in 1996 according to their website.
A December 2008 photo can be seen here.
Here is a 1979 photo:
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1985 Photo
1987 Photo
This is a 2009 photo.
The Strand was built as a 900-seat house in 1920, according to Boxoffice of April 8, 1968, but its seating capacity was reduced to 500 after the 1960 fire destroyed the balcony.
The Gratiot County Players web site has several historic photos of the Strand, plus one of another movie house, the Alma, which it says was earlier called the Idle Hour Theatre.
A 1917 publication called Michigan Film Review mentions both an Idle Hour Theatre and a Liberty Theatre operating in Alma at that time.
A September 8, 1961, Boxoffice item contradicts some of the information in the 1968 item I cited in my comment above. It says: “A. Carl Schmidt of Hillsdale is completing construction on a new Strand Theatre at Alma on the site of the one destroyed by fire last November, and will open October 1. The new house will have 800 seats, compared to 900 in the destroyed house.”
From 1942 a photo of the Strand Theatre along with Alma’s classic city hall building.
All nice looking pictures.Looks like a nice theatre.Thanks guys.