President Theatre

210 Eighth Street,
Des Moines, IA 50309

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The Majestic Theatre in Des Moines opened on November 17, 1907 and was designed by Rapp & Rapp. The building sat at 210 Eighth Street and was reportedly built at a cost of $125,000.

The theatre was built as a vaudeville house but started showing movies in 1909. Seating consisted of the main floor, balcony, gallery and twelve proscenium boxes, six on each side. The theatre was later renamed the Garrick and then the President before apparently being torn down in 1938.

Contributed by Paul Wolter

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lostmemory
lostmemory on August 24, 2007 at 12:57 pm

This website claims that the Iowa Barn Dance Frolic was broadcast from the President Theater in 1932.

DonLewis
DonLewis on July 11, 2010 at 4:24 pm

From Des Moines in the early 1900s a view of the MajesticTheatre before it became the Garrick or President.

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