Lakeview Theater
30609 Jefferson Avenue,
St. Clair Shores,
MI
48081
30609 Jefferson Avenue,
St. Clair Shores,
MI
48081
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This St. Clair Shores Public Library link says the address was originally 30609 Jefferson Avenue.
http://www.scslibrary.org/lookingback2014.html?fbclid=IwAR1kkmLPPXFqXxfBTm6q3WQmuhpMZrCKZ4sicqmM3xWnjnGL0g6CwXrTnrg
A comment on the Lakeview Theatre page at Water Winter Wonderland says that this theater was on Jefferson Avenue at Francis Street. That’s only a few blocks south of 13 Mile Road, so Google Maps has its pin icon almost two miles too far south. That’s probably because the theater needs a five-digit address and we only give it four digits. The right address is most likely 30620 Jefferson, which would put it in the block just north of Francis Street.
An item in the January 22, 1935, issue of The Film Daily said that a remodeling of the Lakeview Theatre in St.Clair Shores was underway. Plans were by the Dearborn architectural firm Bennett & Straight.
It’s hard to believe that building in the 1922 photo is the same as that in the 1957 picture; it seems far too small to have accommodated 570 seats and also have had a balcony.
Here is a 1957 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/dafdq8
Here is a 1922 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/dcznkv
There is a vintage photo on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/8j6rxc