Civic Theatre
30 North Division Street,
Grand Rapids,
MI
49503
30 North Division Street,
Grand Rapids,
MI
49503
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It was apparently 1915 when the Majestic first made the change from live theater to movies, rather than in the 1930s as some Internet and print sources say. The trade journal The Moving Picture World reported in its issue of August 21, 1915, that the Majestic Theatre in Grand Rapids would open on August 29 with feature pictures. Bert St. Johns, formerly manager of the Toyland Theatre in San Francisco, was to arrive August 22 to assume management of the house. The organist was named Ferdinand Warner.
This should also have an AKA Majestic Gardens. The Majestic was operated by consolidated Theatres thru 1930 and then by Butterfield Theatres until it closed as a movie theatre in 1975.
1982 Photo
This is an interior photo.
Here is a 2008 photo.
Unless there was another Majestic Theater in Grand Rapids, a Hillgreen-Lane theater organ opus 411 size 2/14 was installed in this Majestic Theater in 1915 at a cost of $3,635.
This is a recent night view of the Civic Theater.
After viewing President Gerald R. Ford’s State Funeral and the funeral in his hometown I decided to see what theatres were and still are in Grand Rapids. This one and the Wealthy Theatre are very nice.
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Originally known as the Majestic Theatre, this link will take you to some great photos of the theatre.