Lyric Theatre
234 S. J Street,
Tulare,
CA
93274
234 S. J Street,
Tulare,
CA
93274
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Previous Names: Majestic Theatre
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The Bakersfield Morning Echo reported the Majestic Theatre opened on October 3, 1910 with “The Brokers”. Designed especially for moving pictures and vaudeville, the proprietor was Arno Porst of Parra’s Theatre in Bakersfield. It closed on March 11, 1916.
It reopened on October 10, 1916 as the Lyric Theatre which closed at the end of May 1920. It was converted into an Army & Navy Surplus Store. According to available Sanborn Maps by 1926 and the building was left vacant.
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This opened on October 3rd, 1910. Grand opening ad posted. Closed (or stopped placing ads in the paper) in 1915.
The Majestic Theatre closed for films on March 11, 1916. It had sporadic live sporting events that spring before being taken over by L.W. Willis. Willis changed the Majestic’s name to the Lyric Theatre on October 10, 1916 re-launching with “Fighting Blood.”
Paul Reardon and Alfred Fraught of the Tulare Theatre purchased the theatre at the end of May 1920. They promptly closed it at the end of a ten-year lease. The former Lyric space was converted to an Army-Navy Surplus Store in November of 1920.