Beaux Arts Theatre
393 Selby Avenue,
St. Paul,
MN
55102
393 Selby Avenue,
St. Paul,
MN
55102
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Previous Names: Elk Theatre, Rialto Theatre, Summit Theatre
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The Elk Theatre was opened in 1913. It was renamed Rialto Theatre in 1917. In 1918 it was renamed Summit Theatre Theatre and operated with this name until 1933. It was then renamed Beaux Arts Theatre which operated into at least the 1950’s. It seated 300. The site is now a parking lot.
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The St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press Almanac and Yearbook for 1915 (Google Books scan) lists the Elk Theatre at 392 Selby Avenue. I don’t know if that means the theater moved across the street at some point, the street was renumbered, or the Almanac made a mistake. The even-numbered side of the block has a building built in 1887 and a modern building, and I don’t know which would have the address 392.
The Motion Picture Yearbook lists the address at 393 Selby Avenue.
Given a choice between a directory published by the local newspaper and the listings in the FDY I’d usually go with the local directory, but in this case, as we have only the 1915 directory available, it remains possible that the Elk Theatre opened in a storefront at 392 Selby and then moved to a new location across the street after that directory was published.
As the Beaux Arts operated into the 1950s it’s also possible that there is still somebody around who remembers it, and will eventually find this page and confirm the theater’s location.
So it was definitely at 393 Selby by 1926, and probably before 1917 when it was renamed the Rialto.