Uptown Theatre
215 W. Adams Street,
Creston,
IA
50801
215 W. Adams Street,
Creston,
IA
50801
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Previously operated by: Commonwealth Amusement Corp., Dickinson Theatres
Previous Names: Willard Theatre, Iowa Theatre, Dickinson Theatre
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At this address in 1913 there was a wooden building which was in use as a movie theatre. The Willard Theatre was opened December 19, 1916. It was remodeled on February 22, 1930 and reopened as the Iowa Theatre. On December 24, 1933 it was renamed Dickinson Theatre. The Dickinson Theatres chain renamed it Uptown Theatre on October 27, 1939. Later operated by Commonwealth Theatres. Seating was listed at 466. The Uptown Theatre was closed on February 3, 1958.
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1941 image added via Raymond Storey. Uptown marquee on the left.
This may have opened earlier. The 1913 map shows a movie theater in the prior building at 215. This was a two story wooden storefront, fairly large, which was constructed sometime before 1886. The 1907 map shows a barber there. By 1923, that building had been replaced by a brick building, two stories, which served as the entrance and lobby to a much larger theater with the auditorium on N Elm St. The whole complex today is used as retail.
The Montgomery Ward store in the photo is the building that was the Comet, before it and the building to the right of it were ruined by a dull remodel.