Zimm Theater
1007 Main Street,
Winfield,
KS
67156
1007 Main Street,
Winfield,
KS
67156
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Previously operated by: Fox Midwest Amusement Corp.
Previous Names: Jewel Theatre
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This theater opened by February 1912. It was located in an old one story stone storefront built sometime before 1884. The 1905 map shows a saloon here. The stage and part of the auditorium were located in a two story addition at the rear. Still listed as the Jewel Theatre in the 1914-15 AMPD, by 1926, it had been renamed Zimm Theater.
This theater had a very long life for a cramped conversion, especially given the size of the town. It was demolished by the Fox Midwest Amusement Corp. chain around 1950 to be replaced by a much larger new theater.
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Seth Gaines
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Theater began life around 1907 as the Nickels, a nickelodeon, owned and run by Nellie and Henry Schmidt.
In 1910 it was modernized and expanded and renamed the Jewel. (See photo I have uploaded).
1919 taken over by Oscar Zimmerman and renamed the Zimm.
1930 taken over by Fox, along with the Regent across the street.
1949 closed and demolished for the new Fox which opened in 1950.
During all these transitions the Schmidt’s were the owners of the property.