Lincoln Theatre
1227 N Street,
Lincoln,
NE
68508
1227 N Street,
Lincoln,
NE
68508
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Opened in 1924, the Boller Brothers were the architects of this 1,600 seat theatre (850 orchestra, 750 balcony). R.E. Hall & Company were the consulting engineers. The Lincoln Theatre was operated by Paramount-Publix.
It was closed in 1961 and demolished in 1962.
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A theater organ list shows a Capitol Theater in Lincoln, NE. That theater had a Hillgreen-Lane organ installed in 1926. I guess the Capitol was built after all.
I’m surprised no one has commented on this, as it appears or appeared to have been quite a place.
The theatre was built and first operated by the Publix Theatres division of Paramount Pictures. Here’s an exterior view copied from a 1926 trade journal: www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/lincolnneb.jpg
Chuck1231—wrong Lincoln! That was a newer one that was a triplex from the start. The original Lincoln Theatre was at 12th & N and was demolished in 1962.
Here is an interior photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/pac3ty
Here is an exterior photo from around the same time:
http://tinyurl.com/lost5n
The Lincoln was never converted into a triplex, and was closed in 1961. The May 15 issue of Boxoffice said that Mother’s Day had been the last day of operation for the Lincoln. The site was to be used for an expansion project by a bank.
The Cooper Foundation later built another theater called the Cooper Lincoln in a suburban location, and two multiplexes were built in downtown Lincoln in 1973: a 1,136-seat four-plex called the Cooper Plaza, on the site of the Nebraska Theatre, and an 800-seat three-plex called the Douglas 3, built by Douglas Theatres, which was on the site of the old YMCA at the northeast corner of P and 13th Streets. An earlier 540-seat twin called Cinemas 1&2 was opened downtown by Nebraska Theatres in 1971.
The Capitol theater WAS built in Lincoln, Nebraska (the exterior and interior pictures above are of the Lincoln Theater, at 12th & N, not the Capitol). In its later years, it was operated by Cooper theaters, and was on the north side of O street between 14th & 15th streets, where the Federal Building now sits. It operated as Cooper’s “subrun” house (double features, low prices, after the films had already played Cooper’s prime houses — the Stuart, Lincoln and Nebraska.) The Capitol’s proscenium was far too narrow to accommodate a wide Cinemascope screen and remodelling was out of the question, so Cooper closed it in the early 1950’s.
This old-timer from the 1960s has apparently never been listed at Cinema Treasures, though it has historical importance as the first 70mm theatre built in Lincoln: Boxoffice
The May 23, 1925, issue of The Reel Journal said that the new Lincoln Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska, had been opened on May 18, 1925.