Lyric Theater
223 Broadway Street,
Cottonwood Falls,
KS
66845
223 Broadway Street,
Cottonwood Falls,
KS
66845
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This theater had opened by 1912. It was located in the northern storefront of a one story block of rustic limestone with stone columns supporting the storefronts.
The building was constructed sometime between 1884 and 1892, and the 1905 map shows a furniture store here. This theater was apparently the only operation in this charming little county seat, and closed in 1961.
The building still existed in 1975, housing a cafe and bar, although the theater entry was boarded over. Sometime later, the building was unfortunately destroyed to create a bank drive-through.
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Seth Gaines
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KHRI entry with some old pictures of the building: https://khri.kansasgis.org/index.cfm?in=017-478
The theater was located on the right side.
This might have been the same house that was operating as the Wonderland Theater when it was mentioned in the March 25, 1911 issue of The Nickelodeon: “The Wonderland Theater of Cottonwood Falls, formerly operated by P. H. Tallman, has been purchased by Harry Grogan, who will conduct an up-to-date house and make every effort to please his patrons.”
Clickable link to the KHRI page.
A photographer name Patricia DuBose Duncan made this photo at some point (perhaps 1998) when the wooden panel covering the original front of the theater in the KHRI photo was taken down. The photo is titled as Lyric Opera House, but I’ve found no evidence that the theater was ever actually called that or served that function. The columns and steps seen in Duncan’s photo are identical to those on the building in the KHRI photo, so I’m sure it’s the same place.
That definitely sounds plausible. It for sure was never an opera house. There was a very early opera house in the two story building at the corner, but it closed long before movies.