Avalon Theatre

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Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wilson’s Wilson Theatre opened on the square on August 10, 1925. It reopened here as the New Wilson Theatre on March 16, 1939 with “Jesse James.” On May 26, 1939, it was renamed the Avalon Theatre starting with the film, “Ghost Town Riders” supported by the Oswald cartoon, “Nellie - Indian Chief’s Daughter” and an episode of the “Lone Ranger” serial.

The Avalon then closed permanently on October 18, 1954 with “Secret of the Incas.” Shows were moved to the Star while the New Avalon was readied. The original Avalon building was razed in November of 1954 to make way for a modern theatre capable of showing widescreen CinemaScope films.