Wellington Regent Theatre
114 W. Lincoln Avenue,
Wellington,
KS
67152
114 W. Lincoln Avenue,
Wellington,
KS
67152
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Wellington Regent Theatre (Official)
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Previously operated by: Fox Midwest Amusement Corp.
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Styles: Mission Revival, Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Regent Theatre, Fox Regent Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
620.326.6843
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News About This Theater
- Apr 13, 2009 — Theater for sale...reduced price!
- Dec 4, 2007 — Regent Theater For Sale/Lease
- Mar 23, 2007 — Regent Theatre for Sale
- Jan 8, 2007 — Regent Theatre for Sale
- Sep 15, 2006 — Regent Theatre for sale!!!
- Oct 6, 2005 — Regent Theater For Sale
Opened by October 1922, it had become the Regent Theatre by early-1930. By 1941 it had been renamed Fox Regent Theatre. By 1950 it had reverted back to the Regent Theatre name, operated by Fox Midwest Amusenment Corp. The single-screen Wellington Regent Theatre, which shows first-run features, is located at Lincoln Avenue and Washington Avenue. Designed in Mission Revival style with a Streamline Moderne, triangular-shaped marquee. The marquee has no attraction panels, just the name of the theatre in neon lettering.
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Do you have an information on the price.
I appreciate all the wonderful comments left here. Yes our theater has been for sale for sometime. We are currently open and running just fine. We have the showtimes listed because of our small town and the fact that we also have full time jobs. For anyone interested in finding out more about our situation you can email us at
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REDUCED PRICE TO $129,000 MUST SELL!!
Regent theater up for auction on May 11th 2010. Interested in buying projection equipment?…contact me as soon as possible at
Why can’t the city or community come together to keep this Theater open. Lord knows, as well as the people of wellington, that there isn’t much to do here. I know a lot of people would be interested in a dinner and a movie. There are several video stores closing out with movies @ here..The Movie Gallery, and HomeTown Video in Belle Plaine.
With the proper advertising we could bring in business from a lot of surrounding towns. Is the “Casino” really the only thing people want their families to be involved in and can we afford the consequences of that?
Sold, re-opening soon.
Very nice marquee on the Regent.
Open — my photo from April 2011
.Now known as the Wellington Regent Theatre at last check 11/28/2024.
The January 11, 1930 issue of Motion Picture News had this item mentioning the Regent: “Competition Causes Change
“Wellington, Kan. — Opening of the Regent has resulted in a switch to Friday and Saturday shows only at the Majestic. Both are Fox houses.”
However, the 1922 Sanborn map of Wellington shows a 700-seat theater at the Regent’s site, but it must have operated under a different name. The 1926 FDY lists only the 400-seat Ashland and the 500-seat Majestic at Wellington, and no theater of 700 seats.
The Sanborn maps of 1912 and 1922 show two movie theaters on Main Street, a 425-seat house at 106 S., and a 360-seat house across the street at 105. The house at 106, per various sources, opened by 1909 as the Pioneer Theatre and was listed in the 1914-1915 AMPD, but had been renamed the Isis Theatre by 1916. I’ve found no name for the house at 105.
The NRHP registration form for the Wellington Downtown Historic District says the Isis was converted to retail in 1923 and the information about the building at 105 is ambiguous and does not mention a theater, so I’m unable to determine the locations of the Ashland and the Majestic. At this time all I can be sure of is that the theater at 114 W. Lincoln was in existence by October, 1922, and had become the Regent by the start of 1930.