Barrymore Theatre
102 2nd Street,
Alcester,
SD
57001
102 2nd Street,
Alcester,
SD
57001
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Originally known as the Emmert Theatre, this theatre was open by 1920. By 1931, it was renamed the Barrymore Theatre. The theatre is still listed as in operation by 1951.
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A report for the South Dakota Department of Insurance covering the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, listed Emmert’s Theatre in Alcester as having paid the require $5.00 public building license fee for that period. The Emmert Theatre was also on the list for the fiscal year ending in June, 1930.
The New Barrymore Theatre at Alcester is advertised in the December 4, 1930 issue of The Hawarden Independent from Hawarden, Iowa, a few miles east of Alcester, so the name change likely came in 1930.
However, it’s probable that the New Barrymore was in a different building than the Emmert Theatre had been. This item appeared in the July 7, 1930 issue of the Independent:
The June 8, 1933 issue of the Independent reported that the Barrymore Theatre had suffered a major fire the previous Saturday night (June 3.) The building, still owned by the Greater Alcester Association but then under lease to a Mr. Harry Lind, would be rebuilt as soon as possible, the article said.There definitely was no building where the Barrymore is in the early 1900s, but that doesn’t prove anything either way. If the Emmert did not burn or something, the Barrymore is almost certainly separate. The current facade for the Barrymore definitely dates to the 1930s. It’s used as a senior center. The address would be 102 or 104 E 2nd.