Oaks Theatre

206 N. Main Street,
Olivet, MI 49076

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Functions: Church

Previous Names: State Theatre

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Photo credit City on a Hill Community Church in August 2018.

Opened as the State Theatre prior to 1937. It was still operating as a movie theatre in 1957. Strangely, the State Theatre doesn’t appear in listings in the Film Daily Yearbook until 1956 & 1957 when it’s address is given as 408 Cottage Street and no seating capacity. Purchased by Olivet College and converted into Oaks Theatre for live stage plays. Possibly sold by the college to a church circa 2014.

Contributed by David Zornig

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DavidZornig on August 27, 2019 at 7:28 am

UPDATE: Address is 206 N. Main Street. Building is still standing and is City On A Hill Community Church today. The facade has been redone and the art deco doors have been replaced. The doors could still be seen in the 2008 video link below, from the Water Winter Wonderland link below. Also below is the church’s Facebook page which has current interior photos of the auditorium. The Google Street View shows the 2009 Oaks Theatre facade with the art deco doors still in place. If you pan right from there, it will revert to the 2015 street view with the new facade seen from the corner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpFRccu0sSc

http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/movietheaters.aspx?id=1837&LocTypeID=5

https://www.facebook.com/pg/cityonahillolivet/photos/?ref=page_internal

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