Lyric Theatre
125 E. Kansas Street,
Afton,
IA
50830
125 E. Kansas Street,
Afton,
IA
50830
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This theatre appears on the 1913 Sanborn, in the eastern storefront of a two story brick commercial building that was constructed sometime between 1893 and 1899. The 1907 map shows a restaurant here.
This theatre remains in operation on the 1932 map. It may have been renamed Community Theatre or Aftonia Theatre. Afton does not appear in the 1926 or 1927 listings, but 1928 shows a Community Theatre with 200 seats, which seems about right for this space.
In any case, it closed many years ago. The building is in decent shape today, used as apartments.
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Seth Gaines
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I’ve added a map view. I did not take a picture of this for whatever reason.
A brief note of praise for the trade journal Motion Picture News, from “Ray Tuller, Mgr. and Owner, Palace theatre, Afton, Iowa” appeared in the magazine’s issue of July 3, 1920. That is the earliest, and almost only, mention of Afton I’ve been able to find in the trade journals.