Lodi Theatre
19 S. School Street,
Lodi,
CA
95240
19 S. School Street,
Lodi,
CA
95240
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Operating at least from the 1940’s and at least into the mid-1950’s, the Lodi Theatre was later demolished. Its site is now occupied by a U.S. Post Office which, from its architectural style, appears to be of late-1960’s or early-1970’s construction.
Additional information about the Lodi Theatre would be appreciated.
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Joe Vogel
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Fire threatens the Lodi in October 1941:
http://tinyurl.com/yk73tze
What is the source of the photo and where does it show 1941. The photo had to be edited. Where is the article that accompanied the photo?
I notice that in that photo an establishment called Tokay Grocers is located next door to the Lodi Theatre. This makes me wonder if perhaps the Lodi was the Tokay Theatre, renamed. The Tokay is mentioned on three cards in the California Index, all dated 1937, the year the house was taken over by the T&D chain.
Of course Tokay is a pretty common name around Lodi, so it might be coincidence (there’s now even a Tokay High School, named for this variety of wine grape. I wonder if they considered the Wino as their school mascot?) Does anybody have a listing for the Tokay Theatre, with address, in an old Film Daily Yearbook or other source? It could be an aka for the Lodi, which was clearly in a fairly old building.
This opened on September 19th, 1918
grand opening ad is at
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Joe, from the ad it looks like the Tokay Theatre was already in existance when the Lodi opened. Right next to the opening ad for the Lodi is an ad for the Tokay Theatre. Guess they were two seperate theatres.
Given the September, 1918, opening, the location on South School Street, and the fact that the opening manager was named A. A. Richards, it looks like this must have been the theater that was the subject of the following item in the February 6, 1918, issue of Building and Engineering News:
The names of the architects were Louis S. Stone and George Alexander Wright.I don’t know what became of the Post Office I thought had replaced the Lodi Theatre. There is now a ready-to-wear clothing store on the site.