New Theatre
117-119 W. Iron Avenue,
Salina,
KS
67401
117-119 W. Iron Avenue,
Salina,
KS
67401
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This theatre was in operation by 1914-15, when it is listed in the AMPD. It was located in an old opera house which appears to have been constructed between 1884 and 1887, either as a replacement or modification of an earlier commercial building.
The August 1911 map shows the opera house still operating, although it is entirely possible that it was showing the occasional film by this point. The theatre was still operating on the January 1926 map, but it does not appear in that Yearbook. By 1929, this building had been demolished to be replaced by the Art Deco style United Life building, which still graces this corner.
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Seth Gaines
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The only theater listed at Salina in the 1898 Cahn guide is the Salina Opera House, an upstairs auditorium seating 800. News of the New Theatre’s impending demise appeared in the August 8, 1925 issue of Exhibitor’s Daily Review, which said that the New Theatre, one of the oldest buildings in Salina, would soon be replaced by a seven-story hotel. Apparently the hotel project fell through and the office block was built instead.