Calhoun Theatre
1300 W. Lake Street,
Minneapolis,
MN
55408
1300 W. Lake Street,
Minneapolis,
MN
55408
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The May, 1915, issue of The Western Architect said that the Calhoun Theatre had been designed by architect Clifford T. McElroy.
I have lived two miles away for decades and always thought that this structure would make a good theater because the arch from the stage is visible from the rear of the structure, which is a McDonald’s parking lot. It is simply filled in with concrete blocks and painted. It looks like a cheap patch job. They must have demolished the stage house to make room for the parking lot. There are brick window patch jobs on the rear of the wall that must have been dressing rooms or offices at one point. The other three sides of the building had no windows above street level, until about five years ago when the restaurant renovated. It was a small private vocational school for above 40 years before that, and the entire building was painted olive green for the entire period.