Madrid Theatre
710 Commercial Street,
Atchison,
KS
66002
710 Commercial Street,
Atchison,
KS
66002
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The Crystal Theatre originally hosted vaudeville and stage shows along with the early moving pictures.
Earliest mention of this theatre in the Atchison Globe newspaper was around 1913 but the theatre was likely built earlier. Old time Atchison residents say this building was originally called, “The Bucket of Blood” perhaps a saloon or other establishment?
Last mention of the theatre in the Globe was in August of 1930 in an article entitled “At the Theaters”. It reopened as the Madrid Theatre in 1932 and closed in August 1954 when it had been operated by Mr & Mrs Roy Dunnuck.
Contributed by
Clay Jarratt
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The building seems to have been constructed before 1883. The 1901 map shows a saloon here, but the Dec. 1910 Sanborn shows ‘Moving Pictures’ here. The current dumpy facade likely dates from just after the closure of this theater in 1954 (as the Madrid). It’s now a podiatrist’s office.
This theater may have closed briefly, but reopened as the Madrid, and operated until 1954.