Nova Theatre

517 Main Street,
Stockton, KS 67669

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SethG
SethG on May 19, 2024 at 9:45 pm

Looks like the KS links don’t work, but you can go to the site, put Stockton as the city, and Nova as the name.

SethG
SethG on May 19, 2024 at 9:13 pm

They seem to be using FB as their website: https://www.facebook.com/p/Nova-Theater-61550447717693/

I’m a little dubious of the 1926 date. Probably a different building, possibly not even at this address. The KS Historical Society says it was built in 1933 by E.G. and Merle Swank. Dates are sometimes a bit off. Here’s their entry, generated long ago after it had closed: https://khri.kansasgis.org/index.cfm?in=079-4000-00933

SethG
SethG on May 19, 2024 at 8:47 pm

Website is gambling spam. According to the website Debra posted in 2011, the theater closed in 1974, and started restoration in 1997. It reopened in late 2001.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on April 28, 2019 at 1:35 am

1945 postcard added courtesy Chapman Center for Rural Studies.

RoadsideArchitecture.com
RoadsideArchitecture.com on February 4, 2011 at 6:50 pm

According to this website, the theatre reopened in 1932:
http://www.rookscounty.net/8_wonders_Rooks.htm

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 15, 2010 at 7:49 pm

Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yeysl7b

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 6, 2007 at 12:39 am

There are some post-tornado photos on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/2syco6