Palace Theatre
110 S. Federal Avenue,
Mason City,
IA
50401
110 S. Federal Avenue,
Mason City,
IA
50401
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Previously operated by: Central States Theatres Corp, Paramount Pictures Inc.
Previous Names: Regent Theatre
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Originally opened as the Regent Theatre in the early-1910’s, it was renamed Palace Theatre in the early-1920’s and was later owned and operated by A.H. Blank, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Inc. Seating was listed at 786.
This was one of seven theatres located in downtown Mason City. Central States Theatres took over ownership in the early-1930’s until the theatre closed in the mid-1980’s.
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The obituary of John McKee Heffner was published in the April 7, 1956, issue of Boxoffice Magazine. In 1906 Mr. Heffner had opened the first movie theater in Mason City, the Bijou, on South Federal Avenue. After the Bijou closed, he became the manager of the Palace, which had originally been called the Regent Theatre.
Here is a December 1956 ad from the Mason City Globe:
http://tinyurl.com/lnrjn5
Needs to be changed to demolished. A stupid urban ‘renewal’ project destroyed about half of downtown and replaced it with a mall.
Constructed sometime between 1909 and 1915.
Regent was the name of one of the seven movie houses listed at Mason City in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but was one of only two listed without an address (the other was the Princess.)