Dawes Theatre

The Chino Champion notes Dawes Theatre, which opened in 1910 by Fred Dawes, is believed to be Chino’s first movie theater.

It was listed in in American Motion Picture Directory 1914-15 as Chino Theatre. Nearby, the Chino Opera House (1887-1966) was located on the corner at 7th Street and D Street on today’s city hall parking lot.

The former Dawes Theatre has been most recently operated as Food Land Market along the row of 2009 renovated buildings across from the civic center.

The original brickwork around the building could tell its history in itself.

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