Capitol Theater
172 West Berry Street,
Fort Wayne,
IN
46802
172 West Berry Street,
Fort Wayne,
IN
46802
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The Majestic Theater is known to have been in operation as late as the 1920’s.
By 1941, it had been renamed Capitol Theater, and it continued until at least 1950.
Contributed by
Billy Holcomb / Don Lewis / Billy Smith
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Address for the Majestic Theatre 172 West Berry St. Ft. Wayne, In. 46802
Does anyone know whether this building still exists?
If googlerr mapping is correct the theatre has been demolished.
From 1910 a cold wintry postcard view of the MajesticTheater in Fort Wayne.
A history of Fort Wayne published in 1917 says that the Majestic Theatre opened on October 24, 1904. The postcard Don Lewis linked to above also shows the Airdome theater that was tucked into the “L” of the Majestic’s auditorium and entrance buildings.
The facade of the Majestic had been altered by the time this photo was made, perhaps in the 1920s.
The Allen County Public Library also has this interior shot from 1906.
Here is an aerial view of downtown Fort Wayne about 1950, showing the Majestic building at left. The caption identifies it as the Civic Theatre, but Civic was an aka for the Palace Theatre, so the caption is probably in error, unless both the Palace and the Majestic used the name Civic at different times. They probably meant to write Capitol Theatre, though.