Lakewood Theatre

Chuck1231 on October 18, 2004 at 10:12 am

The theatre was located on Jefferson right at Lakewood, which is probably where it got the name of Lakewood, It is the Grosse Pointe Park neighborhood.

Joe Vogel on September 20, 2011 at 2:58 am

Lakewood Street appears to have gotten its name after this theater was built. Here’s an item from the “Construction Notes” section of the trade journal Paint, Oil and Drug Review of November 11, 1914:

“Detroit. Mich.—Vacant property at the northwest corner of Jefferson and Oneida avenues has been sold by Mrs. Bertha Cutler to a syndicate which will erect a $77,000 theater. Plans for the theater, which will be known as the Lakewood, are being prepared by Bernard Thulen.”

I can’t find an Oneida Avenue in Detroit today. It’s even possible that Lakewood Street was named for the theater, rather than vice-versa. I’ve not been able to find any other references to an architect named Bernard Thulen, either, so the name might have been an error.

There is a page for the Lakewood Theatre at Water Winter Wonderland.