Cherokee Theatre
2714 Cherokee Street,
St. Louis,
MO
63118
2714 Cherokee Street,
St. Louis,
MO
63118
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The Cherokee Theatre opened in 1911 as a legitimate theater by O.T. Crawford. The theatre was located across the street from from where the Cinderella Theatre was to open a short time later.
The Cherokee Theatre was a two story building with ornate terra cotta along the roof and down the sides of the theatre. It has a large lobby with three aisles leading into the auditorium. There were three columns on each side of the auditorium with lighting shining down on them from the ceiling. It was later operated by the Wehrenberg circuit. This made a total of three theatres on Cherokee Street operated by the Wehrenbergs.
The Cherokee Theatre was closed in 1931 and a Niesners 5 and 10 store moved into the theatre.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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Cherokee opened in 1911 as a legitimate playhouse, part of the chain of O. T. Crawford. As time progressed, theatre became part of the Koplar chain, Famous Players-Missouri, Koplar (again) and finally Fred Wehrenberg’s circuit.
Architect the firm of Duggan & Huff.
Conversion of facility into retail stores took place in 1931.
I’m wondering if anyone remembered an Indian bust located somewhere in the theater? I have an Indian bust that my dad said came from an old theater in St. Louis. After my dad aquired it, he had it displayed in Carson Pontiac’s showroom on Manchester Rd.
The Cherokee was not a single story building. It had 2 stories. The Link theatre organ was actually a piano console with 2 side cabinets, one housing 4 ranks of organ pipes and the other a 4 roll player cabinet.
James Grebe
The Cherokee was not “directly across the street” from the Cinderella, but was in the next block east.
All of your comments are very interesting. I just learned that this building had a history of movies and theater. I knew it as the home of Proper Shoe Store, which was my dad’s store. A plaque was put up recently with historical information about the building. If anyone reads this (6 years after the last comment) and can tell me where to find more info on it, I’d appreciate it.