This May 1950 article in the Clark County Press mentions that William Tragdorf opened the Adler in the early twenties:
Ole Botnen was a familiar figure to all in the area who have, at one time or another, called for help with pipes, valves, traps and gadgets. He began in the plumbing trade back in 1910, when he started working in Neillsville’s only plumbing shop, operated by Tom Hommel. The shop then was located in the basement of the old Opera House, better known to present-day Neillsville-ites as the Armory.
Then years later, in 1920, Ole started working for P. M. Warlum and for the last 30 years he has been associated with this organization and its successor, Warlum-Robinson, Inc. At that time, the Warlum shop was located in what now is the annex of the Adler Theater, which houses the Neillsville Beauty Salon on Sixth Street. After a year or two, the property was purchased by the late William Tragsdorf, who established the theater. The Warlum shop and Ole Botnen with it, moved into the basement of the building, which is now the Model Laundry. At that time, it housed the Badger Theater. The stay there was not long and the Warlum concern transferred its base of operations to the building now occupied by the Moldenhauer Jewelry store.
LM, I’m not sure if you were going to post this after you added the theater. If so, apologies. In September 2007, the Trace was being used as a nightclub, so that would be one function at least. http://tinyurl.com/5gklxs
The IMPA shows two separate theaters, the Rex and the Romance. We have the Romance listed, with an aka of the Rex. There is no separate listing for the Rex. Ergo the Rex is listed improperly as an aka, or the two theaters were both called the Rex at different times.
The Steuben is still listed as open in the 1967 IMPA. However, there was some lag time involved with the printing, so it’s possible that the theater was closed by that time as Lost Memory mentioned in the caption. According to the IMPA, the operator in 1967 was Dipson Management Company, headquartered in Batavia.
Here is some information on the architect:
http://tinyurl.com/5enwqm
Gone but not forgotten:
http://tinyurl.com/6x9r5b
It looks like the Brady closed and then re-opened again, as there is a show there today:
http://tinyurl.com/6aq3pk
Here is a recent article about some renovation, along with some video:
http://tinyurl.com/5ldabu
Here is a recent article from the Berkshire Eagle:
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_10066083
I signed up for that last year, but I let it expire. It’s about $95 a year.
Unknown.
This May 1950 article in the Clark County Press mentions that William Tragdorf opened the Adler in the early twenties:
Ole Botnen was a familiar figure to all in the area who have, at one time or another, called for help with pipes, valves, traps and gadgets. He began in the plumbing trade back in 1910, when he started working in Neillsville’s only plumbing shop, operated by Tom Hommel. The shop then was located in the basement of the old Opera House, better known to present-day Neillsville-ites as the Armory.
Then years later, in 1920, Ole started working for P. M. Warlum and for the last 30 years he has been associated with this organization and its successor, Warlum-Robinson, Inc. At that time, the Warlum shop was located in what now is the annex of the Adler Theater, which houses the Neillsville Beauty Salon on Sixth Street. After a year or two, the property was purchased by the late William Tragsdorf, who established the theater. The Warlum shop and Ole Botnen with it, moved into the basement of the building, which is now the Model Laundry. At that time, it housed the Badger Theater. The stay there was not long and the Warlum concern transferred its base of operations to the building now occupied by the Moldenhauer Jewelry store.
The congressman asked for 150K to restore the theater.
The Byrd is listed as part of the Hofheimer chain in the 1967 IMPA, along with the Suburban and Boulevard in Norfolk.
July, that is. Sorry.
Search through the pork to find an appopriation for the Wilson in Kuly 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5sfowz
This is the building as seen on Google maps. At the time the photo was taken the building did not appear to be in use:
http://tinyurl.com/5n5e83
What’s the address?
Here is an article about the renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/6eou5b
LM, I’m not sure if you were going to post this after you added the theater. If so, apologies. In September 2007, the Trace was being used as a nightclub, so that would be one function at least.
http://tinyurl.com/5gklxs
Sounds good.
No, I added two already today. Go ahead and add it if you want to.
Given the name of the town, I think the answer is there were two different theaters.
The IMPA shows two separate theaters, the Rex and the Romance. We have the Romance listed, with an aka of the Rex. There is no separate listing for the Rex. Ergo the Rex is listed improperly as an aka, or the two theaters were both called the Rex at different times.
The Steuben is still listed as open in the 1967 IMPA. However, there was some lag time involved with the printing, so it’s possible that the theater was closed by that time as Lost Memory mentioned in the caption. According to the IMPA, the operator in 1967 was Dipson Management Company, headquartered in Batavia.
OK, so the two were listed separately in the 1967 IMPA, but here they are alternate names for the same theater. I don’t know who’s confused.
In the late sixties, the owners were Paul de Mordaunt and Hugh Drennen. They also owned the Rex in Rexburg at that time.
No, I was too busy fleeing for cover.
Here are some photos taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/6ndvsl
http://tinyurl.com/57vlxq