Empire Theatre

The Empire Theare was advertising in The Bakersfield Californian at least a early as July 2, 1907. The February 2, 1909 issue of the Californian said that the Empire was in its last week of operation at its then location. The space was to be converted into storefronts. The owners of the theater were negotiating with the owners of the Scribner Opera House and hoped to move their operations there, but I’ve been unable to find out if they ever did.