Gopher Theater
116 E. Howard Street,
Hibbing,
MN
55746
116 E. Howard Street,
Hibbing,
MN
55746
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The Garden Theatre was opened prior to 1925. It was closed in 1929, unable to meet the cost of converting to ‘talkies’. It reopened around 19309 as the Gopher Theater.
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A web page about downtown Hibbing has this to say about the Gopher Theatre:“An Edelstein theatre from 1925-1928. 434 seats.
It was originally called the Garden Theater.”
A rather sketchy history of theaters in Hibbing by a member of the Edelstein family says that the Garden Theatre was closed in 1929 due to the cost of conversion for sound movies, and then reopened about a decade later as the Gopher. The Gumm Sisters made an appearance at the Garden in 1927. Little Frances Gumm (aka Judy Garland) would have thurned five years old that year.