Palace Theatre

Regent was the name of one of the seven movie houses listed at Mason City in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but was one of only two listed without an address (the other was the Princess.)

Needs to be changed to demolished. A stupid urban ‘renewal’ project destroyed about half of downtown and replaced it with a mall.

The obituary of John McKee Heffner was published in the April 7, 1956, issue of Boxoffice Magazine. In 1906 Mr. Heffner had opened the first movie theater in Mason City, the Bijou, on South Federal Avenue. After the Bijou closed, he became the manager of the Palace, which had originally been called the Regent Theatre.