Royal Theater
515 Main Street W,
Ashland,
WI
54806
515 Main Street W,
Ashland,
WI
54806
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The Royal Theater was opened prior to 1916, and was listed in editions of Film Daily Yearbook through to 1950 and beyond.
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Here is a photo of the Royal Theater.
This article states that the Ashland was turned into a tire store after closure. It looks like it’s currently a beauty salon.
http://tinyurl.com/58g23z
That should be the Royal, not the Ashland.
Retail is retail.
2009 photo of the former Royal Theatre.
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The Royal Theatre at Ashland, Wisconsin, was mentioned in the April 1, 1916 issue of the trade journal Motography. The house was owned by Abe and Louis Latz and Leon Schwager.
The correct spelling of Abe and Louis' surname is apparently Latts. I’ve found quite a few instances of it in trade journals. The Latts brothers also operated the Majestic Theatre and, at one time, the Bijou. A Bertha Latts was still operating at least one theater in Ashland at least as late as 1939.
A Google Books snippet view of a 1983 survey of Ashland architecture says that the Royal Theatre was built by the Latts brothers in 1914. That means it was probably the project noted in the May 23, 1914, issue of The American Contractor:
Henry Wildhagen was probably also the architect of the Elite Theatre at Appleton, Wisconsin. His office was in Ashland.