Chief Theatre
102 I Street,
Weeping Water,
NE
68463
102 I Street,
Weeping Water,
NE
68463
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This opened as the Elite Theatre as early as 1911, sometimes known as the Elite Electric Theatre during its early heyday. It was renamed the Rainbow Theatre in January 1922, and was renamed the Liberty Theatre in June of that same year.
Closed on January 14, 1962 with “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”, and was demolished on October 28, 1964.
H.E. Brookings took on the World War I era Liberty Theatre and gave it a streamline makeover and new name relaunching May 28, 1937 as the Chief Theatre
Comparing aerial views from 1965 and more recently at Historic Aerials, it is apparent that the Chief Theatre has been converted into the United Methodist Fellowship Hall, at 102 I Street. The old stone building of the original church as seen in the vintage photo is still standing at the corner of I and Elm. A new building, built sometime between 1999 and 2003, connects the old church with the fellowship hall, forming a courtyard on the I Street side of the complex.