Uptown Theater
225 S. Ohio Avenue,
Sedalia,
MO
65301
225 S. Ohio Avenue,
Sedalia,
MO
65301
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This building appears to be completely vacant, but well cared-for. The design is a simple late Art Deco style facade with very minimal decoration at the top. The current marquee does not look right. It’s much too thin, and may have been a fixup. There’s only space for the word Uptown on the panels. The exterior ticket booth is very nice.
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Seth Gaines
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1985 photo of the Uptown Theatre.
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As Chuck posted only five years ago, the architect was Robert O. Boller. At opening, the Uptown Theater was owned by J.T. Ghosen.
Ken posted the address for the Uptown 4 years ago, 225 S. Ohio Ave., so maybe now that Ken does the updates he will make these changes.
Architect Robert O. Boller
Address
225 S. Ohio St.
Sedalia, Mo. 65301
I think it’s 287 S. Ohio St.
Some photos from November 2010 here: View link
We talked to one of the builders working on the property opposite. Apparently the plan now is to convert the building into apartments since the plan for a Scott Joplin museum fell through. This may mean putting window’s into Robert Boller’s Art Deco facade.
Also blogged about the building here: View link
Correction: View link
If you are getting the address from Google, Google is wrong on the address as usual. The address for the theatre is 225 S. Ohio St. It is located next door to the Game Zone which is 229 S. Ohio St. According to the Post Office there is no 287 S. Ohio St. So the address in the header of 225 S. Ohio St. is correct.
What a gorgeous theatre! The blue trim really makes the details of the building pop. Hope they manage to locate windows on the side or something to keep the facade intact if they convert the building into apartments.
We made a short video of the theatre and its surroundings:
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Sedalia looks very empty. In fairness, it was a Sunday and there’s a lot of rebuilding going on, so downtown was unusually quiet in November. Take your point about Google and the street number Chuck, thanks.
The building has been donated to a non profit. It has been awarded a grant for an interior design study by the National Register of Historic Places. Once completed, a fund raising campaign will ensue in order to restore the Uptown as a venue for concerts, plays, classic or non-mainstream cinema, etcetera.