Marengo Theatre

1131 Court Avenue,
Marengo, IA 52301

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SethG
SethG on March 27, 2025 at 4:24 pm

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.