Jayhawk Theater
139 S. Santa Fe Avenue,
Salina,
KS
67401
139 S. Santa Fe Avenue,
Salina,
KS
67401
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The building is the Nelson & Ostenberg building, which was constructed sometime between 1905 and 1911 along with the identical T.W. Roach building to the south. It appears from the night photo that the theater entry was about where today’s streetview shows the door between 141 and 143. The building is in good shape, with a lame HGTV storefront for some boutiques replacing a rather battered 1960s (?) storefront sometime around 2020. The theater was apparently on the ground floor. The maps which would show it operating are not available online.
Opened as the Delharco Theatre on August 19, 1929 in the Lindeham Building with the film, “Lucky Boy.” It was likely a 20-year lease. The venue relaunched just months later as the Jayhawk Theatre, February 10, 1930. Movie listings stop in November of 1949 with assorted live events into 1953. The building was sold and the neighboring Gamble’s store retrofitted the space moved doubling its store size beginning in April of 1955.
listings stopped in 1951.
From 1940 a photo postcard image that captured the Jayhawk, Grand and Watson Theaters in Salina.
Adding link. Thanks!
Thanks Don.
More info or photos?
A biographical item about retiring Fox Midwest manager Larry Breuninger in Boxoffice of March 31, 1956, said that the circuit had bought the Jayhawk Theatre at Salina from him in early 1932.
Breuninger’s career had outlasted the theater’s. Boxoffice of January 15, 1955, said that the Jayhawk was being dismantled. The building was to be converted for business use.