Kansas Theatre
117-119 S. Main Street,
Pratt,
KS
67124
117-119 S. Main Street,
Pratt,
KS
67124
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This was the second location of Pratt’s Elite Theatre, owned by C. F. Bays. The first was at 216 S. Main Street, where it began operating in the former location of the Phoenix Theatre sometime in 1911. I haven’t been able to pin down exactly when it moved to this location at 117-119 S. Main Street, but it was surely by 1914, when the Elite was listed in Gus Hill’s guide with 700 seats, a capacity much too large for the converted storefront at 216 Main.
This house was still called the Elite in 1921, when the April 2 issue of Exhibitors Herald said this: “PRATT, KAN. — J. C. Kelley of Osawatomie has purchased the Elite theatre from A. E. Dickhut for $10,000.”