Theatre

109 County Highway F48,
Newton, IA 50208

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 25, 2026 at 5:17 pm

Apple Maps is having trouble placing this theater. We should probably go with the alternate address of 109 1st Ave. W.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 25, 2026 at 5:14 pm

A post on the “Get to Know Newton” Facebook page reveals that this house was called the Star Theatre. Upstairs in the same building was the Modern Woodmen of America lodge hall, which had been built around 1880. On a 1906 Sanborn map, the downstairs was vacant, so the theater opened sometime between then and 1911, but probably before 1911.