Booth Theatre
119 W. Myrtle Street,
Independence,
KS
67301
119 W. Myrtle Street,
Independence,
KS
67301
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A PDF file of the NRHP nomination form for the Booth Theatre can be downloaded from this link. An interesting revelation in the document is that Lee DeCamp was the supervising architect on the Boller Brothers' Booth Theatre project.
DeCamp’s connection with the Bollers apparently went back to at least 1911, when one or both of the Bollers probably supervised the construction of the Empress Theatre that DeCamp designed there for the Sullivan & Considine circuit. When Robert Boller went to Los Angeles later that year, it was to work on projects for Sullivan & Considine. It’s possible that Boller and DeCamp were associated on some projects over the next few years, until the Sullivan & Considine circuit collapsed, and Robert Boller returned to Kansas City by 1915.
From 2010 photo of the Indepencence Theatre in Independence. [Please click on thumbnails for larger view].
Here is a 1982 photo:
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Here’s the Booth in 1997:
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This is a nice 2008 photo.
An article and photos of the Booth Theater can be found here.