Capitol Theatre
415 S. Main Street,
Aberdeen,
SD
57401
415 S. Main Street,
Aberdeen,
SD
57401
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The Capitol is one of the theaters listed in the finding aid to the Buechner & Orth archives at the University of Minnesota. As the Capitol was built in 1926, it seems unlikely that Charles Buechner, who died in 1924, would have had anything to do with the project.
The Capitol is now home to the Aberdeen Community Theater and its website is essentially the theater’s website. Films are still shown occasionally along with the ACT’s productions: http://aberdeencommunitytheatre.com/
From Aberdeen another postcard view of the Capitol Theatre.
From the 1940s a postcard view of the Capitol Theatre in Aberdeen.
Here is a 1987 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yed7yov
Previous operators of the Capitol were Publix, Minnesota Amusement, ABC, Plitt and MIDCO.
Their old web site is not longer working but you can get the theatres listing on now showing at this web site.
http://www.allaberdeen.net/pages/44/
The Capitol theater has been playing films for about 5 years now. They show great movies that the mainstream theaters won’t show. The Capitol hosts the SD Film Festival and a 48 hour film competition called Fischgaard Film Project. It is also the home of Aberdeen Community Theater which puts on plays. The Capitol Theater also hosts several musical concerts throughout the year.
I thought those photos were all gone by now. LOL
Here is an October 1963 photo from Life magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/mf48an
1985 daytime photo of the Capitol Theatre.
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1985 night photo of the Capitol Theatre.
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A Kimball theater organ size 2/8 was installed in the Capitol Theater in 1926.
I was born and raised in aberdeen SD and saw many movies at the Capitol. Its location is 417 S. Main st. They no longer show movies there, but use it for live productions. It is now the home of the Aberdeen Community Theater and thier web site lists the entire history of the theater. At one time there was another theater across the street and 2 blocks south called the Orpheum. That theater was torn down in the late 70’s.
Chuck…..After doing multiple searches, I could only find one Capitol theater listed for Aberdeen. It’s possible that the address given above is a typo and William meant 417 which would be close enough.
LM that is what I found also, there is no 4300 block in Aberdeen. It won’t even map.
The only Capitol theater that I have found for Aberdeen, SD is located at 415 S. Main Street. That Capitol theater is now known as The Aberdeen Community Theatre. Their website is here.
There was a color photo of the Capitol in today’s business section of the LA Times. The story concerned the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, which I believe is headquartered in Aberdeen.
According to another web site,this nice old theater is used for community theater productions.Was built in 1926