Campau Theatre
9643 Joseph Campau Avenue,
Hamtramck,
MI
48212
9643 Joseph Campau Avenue,
Hamtramck,
MI
48212
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Located in Hamtramck city, just 5 miles north of Detroit city center. The Free Poland Theatre was opened by 1919. By 1929 it had been renamed to Campau Theatre. By 1950 it was operated by the Schram and Goldbberg Theaters chain. Since at least 2013 it has been in use as a clothing store.
In 1970 the former Martha Washington Theatre was renamed Campau Theatre in 1970 and closed in 1972 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
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The 375-seat Campau Theater at 9643 Joseph Campau is listed in the 1929 FDY. The 1926 FDY had listed the same address for the Free Poland Theatre, with the same capacity. The Free Poland Theatre is listed at old address 2181-83 (corresponding to modern address 9643) Joseph Campau in the 1919 Polk Michigan Gazetteer. The lot was vacant on the 1915 Sanborn map of Hamtramck.
A June 22, 1933 article in the Detroit Free Press concerned a fire in the 9700 block of Joseph Campau Avenue which “…badly scorched the New Campau Theater….” across the street.