Maco Theatre

415 Chestnut Street,
Virginia, MN 55792

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Previously operated by: Finkelstein & Ruben, Paramount Pictures Inc., Publix

Architects: Serenus Colburn, Frederick (Franklin) Kees, Jack J. Liebenberg

Firms: Kees & Colburn, Liebenberg and Kaplan

Functions: Church

Styles: Streamline Moderne

Previous Names: Garrick Theatre

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Maco Theatre

The Garrick Theatre was opened in 1920 by the Finkelstein & Ruben chain. They were taken over by Publix in 1929. It was closed to be remodeled to the plans of architectural firm Liebenberg & Kaplan. It was still open in 1955.

Contributed by Bryan

Recent comments (view all 22 comments)

lockertalk
lockertalk on June 23, 2008 at 12:41 pm

ken mc from jun 19, 2008 6:03pm post:

hey the photo of the doors are NOT from the MACO Theatre.
thanks
lockertalk

packer
packer on June 23, 2008 at 5:17 pm

Oh ya, those are from the Servicemans club (old Sammy’s Restaurant) in the 200 block of Chestnut. I didn’t think those looked right

mntwister
mntwister on June 25, 2008 at 1:59 am

Does anyone have any photos of the Granada Theater in Virginia, MN? I spent many weekends of my childhood there and cannot find a single photo of the place and I am having trouble remembering it. I remember well that they showed The Sound of Music every year for a weekend, one performance per night (until its tv showing). I usually went all three nights!

packer
packer on June 25, 2008 at 5:41 pm

if you look at the 5th comment from the top on this page, there is a link to a picture of the Granada theatre with the State Theatre accross the street even. I too went to alot of movies at the Granada. It’s too bad it’s gone.

lockertalk
lockertalk on July 2, 2008 at 5:06 pm

i’m still waiting to hear from mntwister, who apparently was good friends of my family that owned the Maco, Granada and Von’s DriveIn Theatres. You can contact me at lockertalk @yahoo.com.
thank you

mntwister
mntwister on July 2, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Lockertalk, I sent you an email about the 26th….I’ll send the email again.

mntwister
mntwister on July 2, 2008 at 7:43 pm

Speaking of Von’s Drive-in….our home was on the hill in Eveleth and we could see the screen perfectly, and I remember when I was around 13-14 watching some of those American International R rated biker/sex movies with binoculars. Several times we snuck onto the property and watched from the bushes, but they had someone guarding the area pretty well and I think both times we were caught and thrown off the property.

culpurple
culpurple on June 14, 2011 at 10:50 pm

Does anyone have a link to photos of the interior of the Maco when it was still in use as a theater? I understand the Native American motif was quite beautiful.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on November 8, 2015 at 12:32 am

2013 photo added courtesy of The Last Remaining Seats Facebook page.

SethG
SethG on July 8, 2019 at 11:40 am

I’m not sure if the church is still going. Building was for sale and locked up, but it was a Saturday while we were there, so they may continue as a tenant.

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