Brooks Theatre
116 E. Harrison Avenue,
Guthrie,
OK
73044
116 E. Harrison Avenue,
Guthrie,
OK
73044
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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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Jeff Chapman
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Other Guthrie historic auditoriums can be seen by clicking here- – -
http://guthriescottishrite.org/egypt.html
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http://guthriescottishrite.org/auditorium.html
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
Historical photos of Brooks Opera House, Pollard Theatre, and Highland Theatre can be seen on below links-
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and Hollywood stars at the Pollard-
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Brooks Opera House was designed by Joseph Foucart, a renouned architect from Paris, France, who pariticipated in the Great Run of ‘89.
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.
The status above says unknown, so i’ll just go ahead and confirm that the building is completely demolished.
Wonderful vintage interior/exterior photos show exactly what this frontier theatre was all about. To see these exciting images type in word ‘Guthrie’ …
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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.
This site contains a little material on the late Brooks Opera House (AKA Avon);
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/383
This is a modern view of the parking lot where the Brooks (AKA-Avon) Theatre once stood,
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