Grant Theatre
501 Grant Avenue,
Eveleth,
MN
55734
501 Grant Avenue,
Eveleth,
MN
55734
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Previously operated by: Publix Theaters Corporation
Styles: Art Deco
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The 600 seat Grant Theatre opened in 1940. It was operated by Publix Theatres.
The theatre closed around 1960. It briefly reopened in 1965.
The building that once housed the theatre has been completely made over but usage unknown.
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The Grant opened in 1939. It was bullt by The Pazelli and Aluni families. The Crouse family, who at the time the Grant opened, operated the Regent and State Theatres, was brought in as managers. I worked here as a relief projectionist from 1952 until 1957. The theatre went to a weekend operation around 1958 and closed around 1960. The original projection equipment ended up in the Heights Theatre in Columbia Heights, Mn. The Grant was reopened for a short time around 1965 by a group of businessmen from Virginia, Mn. I came back to Eveleth for a short time to assist in the reopening.
Just added two pictures of the projection booth. The projector were named “Betsey” & “Matilda”.
This Facebook post from the Eveleth Heritage Society says the Grant Theatre opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1938 (November 24 that year.) The first movies shown were “Gangster’s Boy” with Jackie Cooper and a western called “Romance of the Limberlost.”
The local paper described the façade as featuring an ivory and blue Vitrolite finish with a granite base. The lobby had a terrazzo floor, and the auditorium was 48 x 75 feet, with 606 red, black and green seats. The house was designed by local architect Elwin Harris Berg. At the time of its closing, the Grant was Eveleth’s last traditional indoor cinema, the Regent and State Theatres having both closed in 1955.