Comments from SethG

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SethG commented about Folly Theatre on Sep 14, 2017 at 5:58 pm

The address must be wrong. 215 was a store, long ago demolished. In the 1979 NRHP listing, the pictures show it to be the Michael Ellis Dry Goods store, and it has obviously been that for a long time by then. A construction date of 1927 is given, and the building has large recessed shop windows that make it obvious it was built as a store. Nothing else on the block is a good candidate. A few of the older commercial buildings on the block are deep enough, but none really look like a theater, and most had clearly been occupied for many years by other businesses in the 1979 photos.

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SethG commented about Baker Grand Theatre on Aug 31, 2017 at 4:36 pm

Needs to be listed as demolished.

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SethG commented about Joy Theatre on Aug 31, 2017 at 4:07 am

Not demolished, at least as of 2014. It’s on the south side of Main, 700 block. White plastered brick with 4 weird ‘spikes’ on the front. A scar is just visible where the marquee is missing. Looks long abandoned, marquee was already gone by 1981 when the state did a historic survey.

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SethG commented about Melroy Theatre on Aug 27, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Theater is not demolished, at least not as of the Jan. ‘16 streetview pass. Address would be somewhere between 317 and 403 Front St. It looks like the numbers change in the middle of the block. Front is covered with ugly sheet metal, and the street level with plywood, but it is occupied, and a marquee is still present.

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SethG commented about Dreamland Theater on Aug 4, 2017 at 2:40 am

I don’t think Main St can be right. It’s not terribly main at all, just a few houses. Jefferson St makes more sense.

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SethG commented about Fox Theatre on Aug 3, 2017 at 3:41 pm

Some of the building is still there, just the front wall with the entrance closed off by a gate. The empty shell may be used as a market. Marquee is long gone, but the tar where it was attached is evident.

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SethG commented about Pix Theater on Aug 3, 2017 at 12:48 am

511 Main actually is across the street from the courthouse. Building may or may not be demolished, but nothing looks like a theater.

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SethG commented about Gaiety Theatre on Apr 3, 2017 at 1:13 am

Given that this stayed open longer, it’s probably the derelict at 112 W. Main. No marquee, stuccoed conversion of a turn of the century storefront. Not sure how to add a streetview.

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SethG commented about Joy Theatre on Nov 14, 2016 at 5:20 am

Building was demolished sometime after 2008.

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SethG commented about Cedar Street Cinemas on Nov 14, 2016 at 5:19 am

Appears to be open under the name ‘Cedar Street Cinemas’.

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SethG commented about Oak Theatre on Nov 14, 2016 at 5:15 am

Map marker is way off. Corner of Maple and Oak is a wasteland of huge parking lots.

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SethG commented about Cedar Theatre on Nov 14, 2016 at 5:11 am

No information at all? Anyhow, the map marker is completely wrong. The address might have been 213 S Cedar. I think the building is still there, with a really ugly remodel.

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SethG commented about Ellis Theatre on Nov 13, 2016 at 5:54 am

The theater closed for good on 10/3/16.

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SethG commented about Alice Theatre on Sep 11, 2016 at 10:57 pm

That’s because it hasn’t been demolished yet. Soon means in the next few months, presumably.

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SethG commented about Alice Theatre on Sep 9, 2016 at 12:46 am

The map marker is completely wrong. This building will be demolished soon. The top floor is gutted and windowless, and the theater doors are boarded over.

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SethG commented about Clinton County Showcase on Jun 21, 2016 at 1:07 pm

Anyone know what happened to the marquee?

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SethG commented about Fairyland Theater on Jun 10, 2016 at 2:33 am

Not sure how to add a streetview, but this is the fourth building north of Temple on the east side of 3rd. The building is derelict, but still there.

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SethG commented about Alpine Theatre on May 9, 2016 at 5:30 pm

How sure are we on the address. This building really doesn’t look like a theater, and it’s oddly located at one edge of town. There is a building at 100 E Washington which was definitely a theater, then city hall, now Amvets. No streetview available, but it’s the building on the SE corner of the intersection of Washington and Main.

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SethG commented about Manos Theatre on Apr 22, 2016 at 7:19 pm

Front is now ugly fake stucco siding and while the bare frame of the marquee is still up, it’s lost any interesting features.

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SethG commented about Richmond Theatre on Apr 17, 2016 at 7:28 pm

I guess this should be listed as demolished.

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SethG commented about Family Theatre on Apr 17, 2016 at 7:28 pm

It’s now a meat packing operation, or it was in 2010. I visited for some work with the USDA inspector, and the interior is completely gutted.

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SethG commented about Melvin Theatre on Apr 17, 2016 at 12:26 am

Theater should be listed as closed. Black garbage bags covering the doors, so I couldn’t see in. Still in fantastic shape. I don’t know why anyone thought the sign was freshly painted. Thankfully, it’s been untouched since it was installed.

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SethG commented about Webster Theatre on Apr 15, 2016 at 9:50 pm

Needs to be listed as demolished.

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SethG commented about Union Theatre on Apr 15, 2016 at 9:40 pm

It’s an absolutely hideous remodel, but that is the old building. Note the roofline under that ugly cladding.

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SethG commented about U City Theatre on Apr 15, 2016 at 9:38 pm

Unless streetview is wrong, this should be demolished.