Saenger Theatre
1209 Walnut Street,
Vicksburg,
MS
39183
1209 Walnut Street,
Vicksburg,
MS
39183
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The Saenger Theatre in Vicksburg opened in 1922. It was destroyed by a tornado in 1953.
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A photo of the ruined Saenger in 1953 can be seen here.
I found an old Vicksburg article about the tornado and the address given for the Saenger Theatre was 1209 Walnut St. This was a real tragedy. The tornado struck on Dec. 5,1953. Five children died when the balcony in this theater collapsed. There was a childrens birthday party being held there at the time and the movie playing for the adults was “Botany Bay” starring Alan Ladd.
The exact address for this theater was:
1209 Walnut St
Vicksburg, MS 39183
There are alot of articles and photos from the Vicksburg Post that are in Adobe format. If you don’t have the Adobe reader installed on your computer, don’t click the link.
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/1953Tornado.pdf
The Saenger was originally known as The Walnut. The organ
was a 2 manual 8 rank Robert Morton. The organist was
Maimo Minter.
The Saenger is on the right in this 1936 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5mktyj
In 1950 the Saenger Theater had 450 seats.
Same picture as above.. larger format..
http://www.shorpy.com/node/6026?size=_original