Photo by Sheldon Aubut 1995
Sheldon Aubut's Duluth History
Strand Theatre
The Strand Theatre was torn down by DEDA on September 21, 1998
Photo by Sheldon Aubut 1995
16 East Superior Street
Present Owner:
DEDA (Duluth Economic
Development Agency)
Previously:
Strand Theatre,originally built as Witt’s Meat Market, St. Paul
Restaurant.
Built:
1906
Architect:
W.A. Hunt
Style:
Commercial Queen Anne
There
had been much talk about restoring and re-opening this theater in recent years
but the Duluth Economic Development Agency let the building fall into disrepair
and spurned every effort of groups to buy and rebuild the building. It was
finally torn down in 1998.
Pressed
brick painted white with a metal cornice, dentils, brick corbels, flat arches
with keystones on the upper windows. Storefront
contains several cast iron columns manufactured by the Crown Iron Works of
Minneapolis.
|
1935 -
Brander’s Music Shop |
|
9
January 1929 Strand Theater
closed
To Complete The Installation Of The Perfected Vitaphone and Movietone Will Re-open Saturday with The
Spieler
In
Sensational Sound & Talking With
Alen Hale, Renee Adoree, Fred Kahler, Clyde Cook A
Saga of the Carnivals Added
Singing & Talking Attractions Our Screen Will Speak! |
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April 05, 2010
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