Winona Theatre
167 Johnson Street,
Winona,
MN
55987
167 Johnson Street,
Winona,
MN
55987
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Opened as a movie theatre in 1927. It was operated by Minnesota Amusement Co. (Publix) from the early-1930’s through its closing in 1964. It later became a restaurant and bar called Emils. It has since been demolished.
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1982 photo of the Winona Theatre.
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Another 1982 photo of the Winona Theatre.
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1982 Night photo of the Winona Theatre. (Not very impressive)
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Movie Age of November 30, 1929 said that the Winona Theatre, extensively remodeled, had reopened and was the second theater in town to install sound. The item also made reference to “…the atmospheric State Theatre in Winona” where improvements to the projection booth costing $5,000 were underway. The State appears to have been the town’s “A” house.
A picture postcard dated 1908, showing the Winona Theatre when it was still the Winona Opera House, can be seen on this page (sixth card from the top.) The splendid Richardsonian Romanesque facade suggests that it was constructed in the 1880s or 1890s.
Colonial Amusement Co. owned the Opera House, AKA Winona Opera House, AKA Colonial Theatre until Publix took over the operations.
Either many additional pictures have been added to the Winona gallery to which I linked in my comment of December 23, 2009, or the pictures have been rearranged. The 1908 photo showing the Winona Opera House in no longer 6th from the top of the page, but 21st from the top.
Better, it’s now possible to link to individual images in the gallery, so here’s the Winona Opera House, 1908.