Fox Pavilion
1202 Main Street,
Hays,
KS
67601
1202 Main Street,
Hays,
KS
67601
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The Fox Theater opened in 1950 – at the time, it was state-of-the-art and included stereo. “My father was the first manager. It included a CinemaScope screen, over 1,000 seats, balcony, orginal mural artwork (now covered by the addition of a second theater where the balcony was located.”
It has gone under many owners starting with Rhoden and mostly recently
Dickinson.
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B.J. Reed
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Oh, here’s something that sounds a bit omenous, from this page: “Deconstruction of the historic Strand Theatre at 1102 Main has begun with renovations to follow.”
Don’t like that word “Deconstruction.”
I hope that “deconstruction” doesn’t mean “destruction”. Here’s something that might help to confuse you even more. In 1955, the only theater listed for Hays, Kansas is the Fox Strand Theater with 1,037 seats located at 1202 Main Street. Did the Strand Theater close and this theater became the Fox Strand Theater?
1984 photo of the Fox Theatre.
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Glad to hear the Fox has been rehabilitated! Here it’s looking a little forlorn in the spring of 1994:
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The Strand theater was owned by some company that owned the Fox Theater in 1950 – Continued operating into the late 50s early 60s before closing – It was renovated into a clothing store and building still stands – suspect that elements of the Strand are still there behind the renovation – To see the inside of the Fox after renovate just go to their website:
http://www.foxpavilion.com/
2010 photo of the Fox Pavillion Theatre.
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Link to the Grand Opening ad for the Fox Theatre.
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That picture of the Liberty Theater is very close to the old Strand Theater location that was closed sometime in the 1960’s.
I am pretty sure the Strand was operating in the mid to late 50s – I remember going to see second run movies when my father ran the Fox Theater – I had to be at least 8 or 9 – born in 1949 so, logic would say it was at least open in mid 50s – It was very run down by that time – The building still stands but what is left of the original theater is anybody’s guess.
Updated website for Fox Pavilion is:
http://www.foxpavilion.com/