Babcock Theatre
2812 2nd Avenue North,
Billings,
MT
59101
2812 2nd Avenue North,
Billings,
MT
59101
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Had a complete remodel in 1928 in the Colonial Spanish style at a cost of $100,000. Was then owned and operated by the Theatre Operating Company of Billings, Max Fregger & Eugene O'Keefe. Seating capacity was nearly 1,500 persons.
The PSTOS has some old photos of the Babcock Theater.
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This is another photo of the Babcock.
2006 photo of the Basbcock Theatre courtesy of Tom Spaulding.
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Here is another 1986 photo.
This was the Babcock in 1980.
The Babcock Theater had 975 seats in 1955.
Here is the Babcock Theater in 2008.
1986 photo of the Babcock Theatre.
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Thursday Night Fights are still going on at the Babcock. Status should be open. Function would be…live performances?
“With a theater designed by prominent Seattle architect Edwin W. Houghton, it opened Dec 23, 1907”. Source.
2812 2nd Avenue North
Billings, Mt 59101
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 201 style 185 was installed in the Babcock Theater on 1/18/1919.
This is a recent photo of the Babcock Theater.
2808 2nd Ave N
Billings, MT 59101
Address and some history of the Babcock theater can be found here.
Here are some contemporary photos:
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Great photos here:
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The ANNUAL referred to is available from:
PHOTOS AVAILABLE:
To obtain any available Back Issue of either “Marquee” or of its ANNUALS, simply go to the web site of the THEATRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA at:
www.HistoricTheatres.org
and notice on their first page the link “PUBLICATIONS: Back Issues List” and click on that and you will be taken to their listing where they also give ordering details. The “Marquee” magazine is 8-1/2x11 inches tall (‘portrait’) format, and the ANNUALS are also soft cover in the same size, but in the long (‘landscape’) format, and are anywhere from 26 to 40 pages. Should they indicate that a publication is Out Of Print, then it may still be possible to view it via Inter-Library Loan where you go to the librarian at any public or school library and ask them to locate which library has the item by using the Union List of Serials, and your library can then ask the other library to loan it to them for you to read or photocopy. [Photocopies of most THSA publications are available from University Microforms International (UMI), but their prices are exorbitant.]
Note: Most any photo in any of their publications may be had in large size by purchase; see their ARCHIVE link. You should realize that there was no color still photography in the 1920s, so few theatres were seen in color at that time except by means of hand tinted renderings or post cards, thus all the antique photos from the Society will be in black and white, but it is quite possible that the Society has later color images available; it is best to inquire of them.
Should you not be able to contact them via their web site, you may also contact their Executive Director via E-mail at:
Or you may reach them via phone or snail mail at:
Theatre Historical Soc. of America
152 N. York, 2nd Floor York Theatre Bldg.
Elmhurst, ILL. 60126-2806 (they are about 15 miles west of Chicago)
Phone: 630-782-1800 or via FAX at: 630-782-1802 (Monday through Friday, 9AM—4PM, CT)