Grand Theatre
104 E. Illinois Avenue,
Vinita,
OK
74301
104 E. Illinois Avenue,
Vinita,
OK
74301
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The Grand Theatre showed up on fire insurance maps as early as 1908. The building was originally called Auditorium Theatre, but the name changed to Grand Theatre in 1916 when it was also labeled as showing motion pictures. The building was repurposed to a city hall sometime after 1925 and remains in that use today.
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The Auditorium was one of seven theaters listed at Vinita in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. No address was given for it. An earlier Grand theatre was also listed, at 104 Illinois Avenue. I think Vinita changed its numbering system at some point, as the Directory lists a Vaudette theatre at 22 Wilson Street, and there appear to be no two-digit addresses in the town today. The earlier Grand was thus probably at modern 204 Illinois, or thereabout.
Joe, The current City Hall at 104 E. Illinois Avenue matches the sets of windows on the side wall on the vintage postcard of the Grand Theatre.