Chief Theater

51 Main Avenue S,
Britt, IA 50423

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Functions: Museum

Previous Names: Princess Theater

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Chief Theater

The Princess Theater was opened by 1914. Listed in editions of Film Daily Yearbook in 1941 & 1943 as the 300 seat Princess Theater. In the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook it had been re-named Chief Theater with a seating capacity given as 310. The former Chief Theater is now the Hobo Museum.

Contributed by Ken McIntyre

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 10, 2007 at 12:01 pm

Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3xdpwt

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 20, 2008 at 5:46 pm

Here is a 2004 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/8pcfx4

SethG
SethG on January 18, 2024 at 4:24 pm

This theater is much older. It appears on the 1914 Sanborn. The building was built sometime around 1900 as a Masonic lodge, and they used the upstairs.

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