Harris Theatre
606 S. Main Street,
Findlay,
OH
45840
606 S. Main Street,
Findlay,
OH
45840
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Grand opening ad in photo section
This reopened as the Harris on September 3rd, 1927. It was the Majestic theatre. Listings stopped in 1974.
Historic Hancock County: An Illustrated History, by Paulette J. Weise, says that the Harris Theatre opened in 1906 as the Majestic Theatre.
Probably part of the large chain of theaters owned by the Davis-Harris Theater Company of Pittsburg,Pa.
The Harris Theatre opened in the late 1920’s. It is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook 1941 with a seating capacity of 1,010 and the operator was Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. In the 1943 edition the listing shows 1,000 seats and by 1950 it has a seating capacity of 850 given, still under the Warner Bros. Theatre’s operation.
The Harris Theatre was demolished in the late 1970’s.