Capitol Theatre
204 North Washington Aveenue,
Lansing,
MI
48933
204 North Washington Aveenue,
Lansing,
MI
48933
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The caption of the photo of the Empress Theatre that Tinseltoes linked to on August 10 says that the architect was Geo. J. Bockmann of Flint. It must be a misspelling of George J. Bachmann, who designed several theaters in Michigan during the first half of the 20th century.
Butterfield took over the Capitol Theatre and remodeled it in 1936, according to the September 19 issue of The Film Daily that year.
Updated link to the webpage posted by Chuck1231 in January, 2004: View link
Auditorium of the Empress pictured in 1917 trade ad at upper right of this page: archive
This website has an old photo and a photo of the building that is located here today.
Note that it’s across from the Gladmer and it’s neon sign can be seen on a postcard from 1944 of Lansing’s “Business Section”.
This is now the “campus” of Lansing Community College. I guess there could be worse fates for the land that used to house the theatre.
The status of the Capitol in Lansing should be “demolished”. I tried to find it this weekend but I was told that it was torn down 15 years ago.
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Link will take you to some great photos of the Capitol Theatre.