Acme Theatre
1115 7th Street,
Sacramento,
CA
95814
1115 7th Street,
Sacramento,
CA
95814
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The Acme Theatre was opened in 1903 by Charles William Godard, a former blacksmith. He enjoyed considerable success in his new enterprise, and by 1913 he was also operating the Liberty and Majestic (later Mission) theaters in Sacramento. In 1915, he opened his Godard Theatre, last known as the Rio Theatre.
Here is an extract from a biographical sketch of Mr. Godard published in 1913:
The location is now a parking lot. It looks like a run-down neighborhood.
Next door to the Acme was the Grand Theater, at 1117 7th Street, in operation under that name from at least 1910 until 1917. It operated as a movie and vaudeville house under other names until 1926, after which it served other uses.
This historic photograph, c1910, shows part of what is likely only a sign pointing toward the Grand down the block along 7th Street, for the edification of passersby on busy K Street.