Marengo Theatre
1131 Court Avenue,
Marengo,
IA
52301
1131 Court Avenue,
Marengo,
IA
52301
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Previous Names: Strand Theatre
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The Strand Theatre was located in downtown Marengo and was a conversion of a grocery store that was built in the 1890’s. It opened as the Strand Theatre in the 1910’s. The Strand Theatre was remodeled on July 8, 1937. Sometime in the 1950’s, the theatre changed its name to the Marengo Theatre.
In 1963, the theatre closed for a while after the death of its owner, reopening later that December. Unfortunately, sometime in the mid-1970’s (or if not early-1970’s), the theatre closed for the final time and the building was placed on sale.
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Address should be 1131 Court Ave, and this was demolished long ago. There’s a really crappy Family Dollar building there now.
The building was a typical turn of the century 2 story brick structure. It was constructed between 1892 and 1898, and was a grocery store through 1911. It was definitely open by 1922. The 1914-15 AMPD lists an Oriental, which might have been this theater. There was an opera house to the south (the Stover), which was still in business in 1922, and may have shown films.
It appears to have been a ground floor house in 1922, but is the sole occupant shown in 1933.