Electric Theater
107 S. Maple Street,
Eldon,
MO
65026
107 S. Maple Street,
Eldon,
MO
65026
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Located on S. Maple Street in the Stevens Building just north of the corner of E. 1st Street & S. Maple Street.. The Electric Theater was the first movie theater in Eldon, opening in 1907. In the early-1910 it was destroyed by fire, and was soon rebuilt. It first showed silent movies before converting to talkies. It was owned and operated by Oscar Dowell in the 1920’s, and later owned by Tom and Connie Edward into the 1930’s, closing in 1931 as a movie theatre, but continue as a special events venue for another year.
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The Electric Theatre was listed as closed in 1933. Seating was listed at 500. It closed a couple years after the Ozark Theatre opened. The address was 111 S. Maple St., the building has been demolished.
Address or description is wrong. 111 S Maple would have been in the middle of the block, south of 1st. There is indeed a vacant lot south of 107, which might have been where the theater was. The 1920 Sanborn shows a bunch of small wooden shops there, but of course they might have been demolished to be replaced by a theater.
The Electric Theatre opened as early as 1907. In the early-1910s while under the management of C.H. Barkalow, the theater suffered destruction from a massive fire which destroyed four buildings on First Street (north of Maple). It was rebuilt and reopened a short time later.
The Electric Theatre closed as a movie house in 1931 but retained as a special events house until 1932.