Theatre
211 N. Main Street,
Pocahontas,
IA
50574
211 N. Main Street,
Pocahontas,
IA
50574
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This theatre appears on the 1916 Sanborn, in a small one story brick storefront.
No later maps are available online, but this must have closed many years ago. The building is now a Pizza Ranch.
Note that the historic address was 208 Beulah (St?).
Contributed by
Seth Gaines
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This place was /not/ the Hronek Opera House, the only theater listed at Pocahontas in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but it was just up the block. The Opera House, built in 1901 and seating 400, was upstairs in the building at the northwest corner of Main Street and 2nd Avenue NW. The entrance appears to have been near the back of the building on the 2nd Avenue side. I’ve not been able to find a name for this smaller rival at 211 Main. The earliest mention of Pocahontas I’ve found in the trade journals is from October, 1923, and it was about the first Rialto.
Thanks for the information! I will add the opera house. I have a picture of that. It’s a little frustrating that there are no maps prior to 1916. The only other map is from 1930, and is not online.