Rogers Theatre
206 W. Walnut Street,
Rogers,
AR
72756
206 W. Walnut Street,
Rogers,
AR
72756
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The Rogers Theatre was opened between 1940 and 1943 and the only intermittently until 1962. The building stands today in use as Golden’s watch repairs workshop.
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Chuck
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Not sure about the address. There is an old building at 310, and it doesn’t look like a theater. The 1914 map is the latest available, and it shows the southern half of the block as it is today. The vacant lot in the middle of the block was a large dealership. The area where 308 and 310 are today is vacant on that map. There was a large hotel on the corner where the cruddy metal shed is. 310 looks like it was cheaply built sometime before 1930 out of concrete blocks. It certainly could have fit 275 people, so it might have been converted into a small theater.
I haven’t seen the Arkansas Historical Society magazine that is supposed to have information about this theater, but I’ve checked every Film Daily Year Book from 1926 through 1940 (except 1939, which I don’t have access to) and there is no Rogers Theatre listed at Rogers in any of them. From 1933 on, the only house listed at Rogers is the Victory.
What I have found is this Facebook post from the Rogers Historical Museum, which is about an early theater called the Ozark, but it gathered a few comments about the Rogers Theatre, including one with an aerial photo. A comment from the museum itself says the Rogers opened between 1940 and 1943 and operated intermittently until 1962. It was located at 206 W. Walnut Street, so our original description is complete nonsense.
If it were possible, we should find every ‘contribution’ by this user and trash them. They are the worst. Every entry has made up streets, the wrong building, bad dates, etc.