Mounds Theatre
1029 Hudson Road,
St. Paul,
MN
55106
1029 Hudson Road,
St. Paul,
MN
55106
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The Mounds Theatre was built in 1922 as a cinema and vaudeville house but eventually closed in the mid-1960’s. For nearly 40 years the theater sat dark … until 2004!
When restoration started, they found candy wrappers and popcorn boxes from the last movie showing back in 1967! They also found movie posters from silent movies dating back to 1922. What a great time capsule. Hopefully St. Paul will come together to restore the original exterior of the building.
Contributed by
Doug Eastlund
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Really interested in the theatre and its program of operation. We are restoring a 250 seat 1936 art deco with limited stage size proscenium opening 24x14-8; stage width 43-6x16 deep, for both projection and performance.
This website has some background on this theater and a before and after photo.
Here is a 1950’s photo of the Mounds Theater.
Another photo of the Mounds Theater can be seen here.
This is another photo of the Mounds Theater.
Here is the updated link for the 1950s photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6hh5kf
LOL
Here is larger version of the 1950s photo.
This is a working link for the Mounds Theater website.
Wow! Boy did someone wreck this theater! What a great looking theater in the 50’s. Why would anyone change it to what it looks like now. What a shame.