Braumart Theater
104 E. B Street,
Iron Mountain,
MI
49801
104 E. B Street,
Iron Mountain,
MI
49801
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Previously operated by: Fox Wisconsin Circuit, Thomas Theatre Group
Architects: Edwin O. Kuenzli
Firms: Herbst & Kuenzli
Functions: Movies, Performing Arts
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The Braumart Theater was designed in 1924, by the architectural firm Herbst & Kuenzli of Milwaukee, WI. It was opened on April 21, 1925. It was modernized in 1935 and by 1941 it was operated by Fox Wisconsin Circuit. It was twinned in 1982. The former Braumart Theater in Iron Mountain, Michigan is now a performing arts center which also screens movies and documentary movies.
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The Braumart is being renovated and restored!. Here is a link:
http://communityforarts.com/the-braumart.html
Here is a September 1949 item on the Braumart from Boxoffice magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/y87j8hd
Name was derived from a combination of operators August Braums and Thomas Dawe Martin. For many years this was under the banner of the Thomas Theatre Group which purchased or operated more than a dozen theatres in Michigan. Was Braums a silent partner?
The Braumart was modernized in 1935 and twinned in 1982.
There are about a dozen pictures of the Braumart on the Iron Mountain-Dickinson County Genealogical Society site.
A section of this PDF from the Dickinson County Genealogical Society says that the Braumart Theatre opened on April 21, 1925. A.E. Brauns was the owner of the theater and Thomas Martin the manager for the Colonial Theatre Group, which then also operated the Colonial and Bijou theaters in Iron Mountain and four theaters in Fond du Lac.
New fund raising campaign started for renovations. Campaign
Functions should include: Movies, documentaries