Chief Theatre
506 N. Main Street,
Newton,
KS
67114
506 N. Main Street,
Newton,
KS
67114
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The 1926 Yearbook has a Strand with 250 seats, but no Star. 1927 and 1929 list a Star with 514 seats. The 1933 Yearbook has a Star with 250 seats listed as closed, but no Strand. Still the Star with 250 seats in 1949. It seems to have become the Chief in 1950 or ‘51.
This was a Fox Midwest theater throughout the ‘40s at least.
The picture is wrong. It shows the Star at 626. The Star at 506 had no columns in the entry.
This entry is also garbled. It should say that the Star opened at 626, and moved here in 1913. I think the theater may have been a new build, as it does not match the building shown on the 1909 map. The Star was damaged in the August 4th, 1914 fire that destroyed the center of the block, including the building just to the north. The building today has a midcentury storefront belonging to Lasater’s, the first retail tenant after the theater closed. It is in good shape, but vacant.