Jewel Theatre
6210 Havelock Avenue,
Lincoln,
NE
68507
6210 Havelock Avenue,
Lincoln,
NE
68507
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The Jewel Theatre was situated in the old Havelock community and was opened on June 7, 1923 with Lydia Knott in “The Flirt”.
Film Daily March 28, 1923, reported that J.W. Hoffman had leased a new theatre being erected by T.J. McLaughlin, and on July 1, 1923 Film Daily noted the theatre had opened.
A recap of Havelock construction, published in the Lincoln Star in January 1924 noted the three-story brick building, which housed the Jewel Theatre, was built by J.H. McLaughlin. Sanborn Maps 1928 lists the brick and tile walled building at 1410 O Street, between 14th Street and 15th Street. In 1930 O Street became Havelock Avenue, 14th Street became 62nd Street and 15th Street became 63rd Street.
The Jewel Theatre was closed as a silent movie theatre in 1928. Listed for the last time in Film Daily Year Book 1929 in Havelock, not Lincoln, with 300 seats. In 1937 it was converted into an auto garage.
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J.W. Hoffman launched the new-build Jewel Theatre in Havelock on June 7, 1923 with Lydia Knott in Booth Tarkington’s “The Flirt.” The Luce Sisters provided the music. The theatre appears to have closed in 1928 failing to convert to sound and challenged by the Joyo and the new-build New Lyric. In 1937, the former Jewel Theatre was converted to an auto garage for the Jones Motor Company.