Aggie Theater
Seventh and Main Streets,
Stillwater,
OK
74960
Seventh and Main Streets,
Stillwater,
OK
74960
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The Aggie Theater was operating in the 1940’s and was located on the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Main Street. As of 1992, the site was occupied by Teubner and Associates.
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The Aggie Theatre had 724 seats, according to the 1944 Film Daily Year Book. The Aggie was then the largest of the four theatres listed for Stillwater, followed by the 600-seat Campus Theatre. The Aggie is listed as closed by the time of the 1957 FDYB.
A legal document mentions the Aggie, Mecca, and Campus theaters in Stillwater, OK.
“The facts with reference to the violation of the ordinance are admitted by the defendant, who, was an employee of the "Aggie,” “Mecca,” and “Campus” Theatres in Stillwater, Okla. Handbills were distributed by defendant in person and by others whom he had employed, in the city of Yale without first obtaining a permit from the city council, or any other public official of the city They were distributed in the residence section by placing them in screen doors and by banding them out on the streets. Defendant was arrested while in the performance of these acts, with the results above stated".
Full document can be found here. See page 138.
Vintage 1927, 1938, 1950, & 1980 interior/exterior photos can be viewed by typing in word “aggie”.
To see the Aggoe Theatre after conversion to Center Twin Cinema type in words “center twin”.
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The Aggie was built for the Griffith Amusement Company in 1926, according to The Reel Journal of June 12 that year.
The January 24, 1948, issue of Boxoffice reported that the Aggie Theatre had been gutted by a fire on January 18. The house was rebuilt.
The fire led to a delay in completion of the Leachman Theatre, then under construction. Equipment intended for the Leachman had been stored on the second floor of the Aggie building and was lost to the flames.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/654
Roadside Oklahoma offers modern photos and a complete history of the Centre (nee-Aggie) Twin Cinema, 619 S. Main St, Stillwater, OK
Here is a modern day view of the former Aggie Theatre (pan left),
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The Cinema Section of Roadside Oklahome is closed, they no longer have theatre photos according to the site.