Sanilac Theater
31 Lincoln Street,
Sandusky,
MI
48471
31 Lincoln Street,
Sandusky,
MI
48471
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Architects: Lavern R. Bennett, Eugene D. Straight
Firms: Bennett & Straight
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Located in a conversion of former retail. The Sanilac Theater opened in September 1937 and closed in 1998. The building was destroyed by a fire that occurred in May of 2000.
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The Sanilac Theatre was built inside the walls of Sandusky’s former auditorium, though it was otherwise a new building. The project was designed by architects Bennett & Straight, according to Boxoffice of November 13, 1937.
The former Star Theatre was the town’s first movie venue and was in a different location in downtown. The Sanilac Theatre was housed in a converted retail location opened by the Thumb Circuit on 1937 on a 20-year lease. Under a new 30-year lease, Stan Fetting and his wife operated from 1957 to 1987 closing there after the theatre’s 50-year run. Steve Kurinsky of the nearby Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre, Sanilac County’s only ozoner at the time, took on the venue. Never reopened, the Sanilac was undergoing a renovation to a twin-screen venue when fire destroyed the building on April 5, 2000.
The October 9, 1937 issue of Film Daily had this item about the new Sanilac Theatre: “Sandusky, Mich.— W. H. Anderson has opened his new Sanilac Theater and has closed the old Star. New house, which seats 700, was designed by Bennett & Straight of Dearborn, Mich. Equipment, including RCA sound, was installed by McArthur Theater Equipment Co. of Detroit.”