Park Theater
409 W. Main Street,
Wautoma,
WI
54982
409 W. Main Street,
Wautoma,
WI
54982
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The Park Theater opened September 22, 1934 with Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown”. Late in its history, it switched to Spanish language films. The theater closed sometime in the 1960’s screening Spanish language movies..
This small town movie theater has been converted to an indoor shopping mall with boutique shops. It still retains its theater appearance on the outside. The inside is chopped up into small stores and the ceiling has been lowered, so no architectural details are apparent. Halfway through the mall, there is a small display of pictures of the building when it was still a theater.
Interestingly, the front shop in the former lobby area is a candy store which also sells popcorn.
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Nice photos. Anyone have more info or old photos?
I’ve spent a lot of time in the Fox Valley it’s a great area!
Here’s a photo from 1967. Looks like the theater had been closed a long time by then. http://tinyurl.com/2e4n5xq
In 1959 the Park Theatre was open and offering Spanish-language films.
Milwaukee resident Bernard Lassack and his friend George Lightner opened Wautoma’s Park Theatre on September 22, 1934 with Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown” (unknown if extras added). Prior to construction, the project of the Park Theatre was originally planned by the CWA before being taken over with support by the entire town.
Despite being a first-run house throughout most of its life, the theater began showing Spanish films for a few years beginning in the late-1950s before closing during the 1960s.