Jefferson Theatre
203 W. Ninth Street,
Coffeyville,
KS
67337
203 W. Ninth Street,
Coffeyville,
KS
67337
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The Jefferson Theatre was opened on November 1, 1906 with the musical play “Wonderland”. It was designed by architect George H. Johnston, possibly assisted by John Eberson who had worked with him for several years. Seating was provided for 500 on the main floor, 350 on the 2nd floor and 300 on the 3rd floor. There were 52 seats in boxes. The stage was 40ft deep and there were sixteen dressing rooms. It had closed by 1926. From fall of 1929 it had converted into a movie theatre.
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The Jefferson Theatre was built in 1906 by opera house promoter George H. Johnston. John Eberson may have still been working with him at this time.
Address is garbled in the AMPD listing. This was at 203-205 W 9th. The theater was still open in 1923. Later maps not available online, but this is now just one of the many surface parking lots in a blighted downtown.
The October 1, 1938 issue of Boxoffice published this item “from the Boxoffice files,” dated September 23, 1924: “Mark C. Read has taken over the Jefferson at Coffeyville, Kas., which he will convert from a road show to an exclusive motion picture house.” (I originally posted this comment with a typo reading 1929 instead of 1924. It became a movie house in 1924. I’m sorry for any confusion this caused.)