Strand Theatre
402 E. 4th Street,
Waterloo,
IA
50703
402 E. 4th Street,
Waterloo,
IA
50703
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Paramount Pictures Inc.
Architects: Mortimer B. Cleveland
Functions: Community Center, Office Space
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The Strand Theatre opened December 22, 1920 with Charles Ray in “Peaceful Valley”. By 1941 it was operated by A.H. Blank, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Inc. Listed in the 1955 Film Daily Yearbook with 1,063 seats. The Strand Theatre closed April 30, 1978 with Michael Brandon in “FM”.
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Just visited this location last week and it appears that it is still standing, just encased in a marble and slate skin. It is now occupied by 4 Oaks of Waterloo.
Here is a June 1975 ad from the Waterloo Courier:
http://tinyurl.com/yf2k6oz
The March, 1921, issue of Iowa Engineer said that the Strand Theatre in Waterloo had opened in January of that year.
The Strand Theatre is listed at 402 E. Fourth Street in city directories from 1921 through 1978. It had the longest run under a single name of any theater in Waterloo, and the longest run of any Waterloo house but the Palace/Waterloo, which operated from 1914 to 1982.
Grand opening ad:
Found on Newspapers.com
The September 27, 1919 issue of The American Contractor said that bids would be taken about October 1 for construction of a 60x155-foot theater building at 4th and Mulberry Street in Waterloo. Architect M. B. Cleveland had drawn the plans.
Local architect Mortimer B. Cleveland also designed the Plaza (later Orpheum) Theatre in 1914.