The address is given as 444 Main Street in this 1959 article:
Fox-Wisconsin Chain Sold To Zilber, Realtor
The Fox Theater, 444 Main St., Stevens Point’s only year-around movie house, was transferred to new ownership in a major business transaction announced this weekend at Milwaukee. The Fox, along with three theaters at Milwaukee, two at Janesville and one at Wausau, comprised the holdings of the Fox-Wisconsin Amusement Corp., which was purchased from the National Theater and Television Corp., of Los Angeles, Calif. The new owner is Joseph J. Zilber, Whitefish Bay, president of the Towne Realty Co., one of Milwaukee’s major real estate developers.
The purchase price was not disclosed, but industry sources were quoted at Milwaukee in estimates of more than $250,000. Zibler said the chain will be renamed Wisconsin Theaters Inc. About 125 employees of the organization will be affected by the change of ownership, he said. Zilber will head the new firm, with S. Daniel Tishberg, Milwaukee attorney, as vice president, and Albert Frank, Milwaukee, who was district manager for the former owners, as general manager. Gerald McMillan, Whiting, is manager of the Fox Theater here.
The chain includes the Wisconsin, Palace and Strand Theaters in Milwaukee, the Jeffris and Myers in Janesville and the Wausau in Wausau. Also included is the Layton Park at Milwaukee, now leased to another operator, as well as the Fox Theater here. The Myers is closed at present. The only real estate transaction believed in the sale is the building that houses the Wausau. Zilber’s company already owned the Carpenter Building at Milwaukee, the location of the Wisconsin.
The building housing the Fox Theater here has been owned by the Andrae family since the land was purchased by the late G. F. Andrae from John and Henry Curran in 1893. In September 1894, Andrae opened the Grand Opera House, and this provided the stage for many community events for many years, home talent productions, vaudeville, minstrels, graduation exercises and other stage presentations besides movies. For a six-year period prior to 1920, it was closed. In 1923 the Midwest Theater Corp. leased the theater and operated the showhouse until 1928, when Fox-Wisconsin took over the lease. Meanwhile ownership of the building remained with the Andrae family. The present owner is Mrs. Donald Sanders, who resides in the Andrae family homestead at 541 Clark St. Fox-Wisconsin also held a lease on the Lyric Theater here, which was closed on Oct. 1, 1957. The
building is owned by Myron T. Clifford of Phoenix. Ariz., a former resident of Stevens Point.
If that doesn’t sound like a press release, I don’t know what does. This theater is across the street, roughly, from the location of the former Palace.
Here is another photo:
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Sunset in Alaska:
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The weather doesn’t look too hospitable:
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Here is another photo:
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Here is another photo:
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Segregation issues in 1965:
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There is an ad on this page:
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Here is an ad, circa 1974:
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Here is an ad, circa 1974:
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The address is given as 444 Main Street in this 1959 article:
Fox-Wisconsin Chain Sold To Zilber, Realtor
The Fox Theater, 444 Main St., Stevens Point’s only year-around movie house, was transferred to new ownership in a major business transaction announced this weekend at Milwaukee. The Fox, along with three theaters at Milwaukee, two at Janesville and one at Wausau, comprised the holdings of the Fox-Wisconsin Amusement Corp., which was purchased from the National Theater and Television Corp., of Los Angeles, Calif. The new owner is Joseph J. Zilber, Whitefish Bay, president of the Towne Realty Co., one of Milwaukee’s major real estate developers.
The purchase price was not disclosed, but industry sources were quoted at Milwaukee in estimates of more than $250,000. Zibler said the chain will be renamed Wisconsin Theaters Inc. About 125 employees of the organization will be affected by the change of ownership, he said. Zilber will head the new firm, with S. Daniel Tishberg, Milwaukee attorney, as vice president, and Albert Frank, Milwaukee, who was district manager for the former owners, as general manager. Gerald McMillan, Whiting, is manager of the Fox Theater here.
The chain includes the Wisconsin, Palace and Strand Theaters in Milwaukee, the Jeffris and Myers in Janesville and the Wausau in Wausau. Also included is the Layton Park at Milwaukee, now leased to another operator, as well as the Fox Theater here. The Myers is closed at present. The only real estate transaction believed in the sale is the building that houses the Wausau. Zilber’s company already owned the Carpenter Building at Milwaukee, the location of the Wisconsin.
The building housing the Fox Theater here has been owned by the Andrae family since the land was purchased by the late G. F. Andrae from John and Henry Curran in 1893. In September 1894, Andrae opened the Grand Opera House, and this provided the stage for many community events for many years, home talent productions, vaudeville, minstrels, graduation exercises and other stage presentations besides movies. For a six-year period prior to 1920, it was closed. In 1923 the Midwest Theater Corp. leased the theater and operated the showhouse until 1928, when Fox-Wisconsin took over the lease. Meanwhile ownership of the building remained with the Andrae family. The present owner is Mrs. Donald Sanders, who resides in the Andrae family homestead at 541 Clark St. Fox-Wisconsin also held a lease on the Lyric Theater here, which was closed on Oct. 1, 1957. The
building is owned by Myron T. Clifford of Phoenix. Ariz., a former resident of Stevens Point.
Leather jackets equals trouble:
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The Norwood owners were defendants in a 1958 anti-trust suit:
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Ladies, keep an eye on your purses:
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Bank Night was popular in the forties:
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The Arcade was renovated in 1950:
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Vaudeville and a double feature in 1948:
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Wendy’s took a hit nationwide after the finger in the chili scandal last year.
Closed/demolished?
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Here is a photo of the intersection:
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I think this is the Strand in Kingsport:
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Trouble in 1971:
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Trouble in 1970:
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Trouble in 1971:
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Bess Myerson was once Miss America:
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If that doesn’t sound like a press release, I don’t know what does. This theater is across the street, roughly, from the location of the former Palace.