Roben Theatre

This small-town theatre was listed as a silent movie theatre in the 1931 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. In 1932 it was listed as a (Closed) silent movie theatre and failed to appear in any other edition of FDY. However, it appears on the 1935 Sanborn. It was located in a one story wooden building with a brick front. This structure does not appear on the 1914 map, and it’s unclear exactly when it was built.

Ashton never got larger than about 600 people, and as roads improved, patrons likely made the drive to Sheldon or Sibley. The theater closed many years ago, and the site is now a community center that was likely built around 1970.

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