Majestic Theatre

1330 Broadway,
Denison, IA 51442

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Majestic Theatre

This theatre appears on the 1913 Sanborn, in an old wooden storefront that dated to sometime before 1886. By 1908, it had been expanded in the rear, and was used by a furniture and undertaker establishment.

This was likely a fairly basic conversion, and would not have survived competition with the large new theatre constructed to the west just a year later.

Later maps are not available online, but this was demolished long ago, and the current building dates to the 1960’s or 1970’s.

Contributed by Seth Gaines

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SethG
SethG on October 20, 2024 at 5:51 pm

Note that the historical address was 124 E Broadway, near the corner with N Sweet. The streets were later renamed to the most boring system possible.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 22, 2024 at 1:33 am

124 East Broadway is given as the address of a house called the Majestic Theatre, listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. It was the only theater listed at Denison.

SethG
SethG on October 22, 2024 at 8:10 am

Thanks for the ID! It’s odd that the ‘new’ Germania wasn’t listed, since that opened in 1914.

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