Any pictures of a one story building are of the Majestic, which seems to have become/been replaced by the Valley. They should be removed from this listing.
The opening date is incorrect. This building is shown as a theater on the Sept. 1908 map. The original structure was built between 1886 and 1890, as a store. The 1913 map shows it as a ground floor theater, with a hall above. The capacity is listed as 259.
Added a photo I took years ago. The building appeared to be derelict in 2010, and it looks basically the same on the 2024 streetview, although there is a dumpster in front of the door, so someone may be clearing out the junk.
The 1926 Yearbook lists only a New with 500 seats. I’m thinking this has to have been the New. The New name also makes sense because this replaced a large wooden building which was being used as an opera house in 1906. I have found one of the other theaters, but I’m not sure which. I’ll create a listing.
I found some old photos I took in Keota, and at the beginning of 2010 this part of the block was all churned up dirt, indicating that the buildings were recently demolished. I may even have a shot of the rear wall of the theater, but it’s impossible to tell where exactly I was.
The 1914-15 AMPD lists only the Iowa, Grand, and New for West Liberty, so this must have had a different name at that point. Grand is the most obvious choice, since this is a large building.
On the 1912 map, the Knights of Pythias are still shown in the old opera house (NW corner of Calhoun & 3rd). The second floor of this building is just a ‘Hall’. They must have moved in later.
I’ve added a photo I took in 2010. It seems likely the theater was only on one side, but I can’t say which. Unusually, the stoop for the entry to the stairs on the left side has the name Klockenteger carved into it.
No such thing as W 8th. The building is at 257 8th Ave SE. No maps are available, but the building does appear on an early postcard said to be from 1910. The photo studio/framing business closed sometime after 2013, and the ground floor is vacant. 50s has supplied a much better chronology of names than the ‘contributor’.
Still listed in 1956 with 225 seats. The address would have been something like 117 E Broadway. This entire block was demolished years ago for a cheap drive-through bank.
Must be the same place. Obviously it reopened, perhaps sometime after the war. From that brief history, it does not seem like the initial use was as a cinema.
I am positive the address is wrong. The picture that shows the theater closer up is looking at the back of the building at 201 E Main. Downtown is so ugly, and nearly everything in both pictures has been torn down, but I think the address is somewhere around 239-243 E Main.
I don’t see a blacksmith on the May 1910 map. ‘Downtown’ is tiny, and the area where the theater was is vacant. I suspect it was just a little wooden shack if it existed at all.
Address should be 1131 Court Ave, and this was demolished long ago. There’s a really crappy Family Dollar building there now.
The building was a typical turn of the century 2 story brick structure. It was constructed between 1892 and 1898, and was a grocery store through 1911. It was definitely open by 1922. The 1914-15 AMPD lists an Oriental, which might have been this theater. There was an opera house to the south (the Stover), which was still in business in 1922, and may have shown films.
It appears to have been a ground floor house in 1922, but is the sole occupant shown in 1933.
Comments on the other Holland entry suggest that the theater moved into this old house in 1966, and closed in 2001. This is not the florist, that’s on Main. This is a law office. There is a very deep but narrow auditorium stuck on the back of the house. It’s a very strange arrangement.
Since the accompanying photo is of the wrong building, it’s dubious this is actually the Palm.
This appears to be the Majestic. There was never a one story building here.
This photo is under the wrong listing, and very poor quality. This is the Majestic, across the street.
This photo is under the wrong listing, and very poor quality. This is the Majestic, across the street.
Any pictures of a one story building are of the Majestic, which seems to have become/been replaced by the Valley. They should be removed from this listing.
The opening date is incorrect. This building is shown as a theater on the Sept. 1908 map. The original structure was built between 1886 and 1890, as a store. The 1913 map shows it as a ground floor theater, with a hall above. The capacity is listed as 259.
By the way, there’s a typo. I don’t even think the NRHP existed in 1950. It was added in 1990.
I wonder if the expansion on the north side also dates from 1959?
Added a photo I took years ago. The building appeared to be derelict in 2010, and it looks basically the same on the 2024 streetview, although there is a dumpster in front of the door, so someone may be clearing out the junk.
The 1926 Yearbook lists only a New with 500 seats. I’m thinking this has to have been the New. The New name also makes sense because this replaced a large wooden building which was being used as an opera house in 1906. I have found one of the other theaters, but I’m not sure which. I’ll create a listing.
I found some old photos I took in Keota, and at the beginning of 2010 this part of the block was all churned up dirt, indicating that the buildings were recently demolished. I may even have a shot of the rear wall of the theater, but it’s impossible to tell where exactly I was.
The 1914-15 AMPD lists only the Iowa, Grand, and New for West Liberty, so this must have had a different name at that point. Grand is the most obvious choice, since this is a large building.
On the 1912 map, the Knights of Pythias are still shown in the old opera house (NW corner of Calhoun & 3rd). The second floor of this building is just a ‘Hall’. They must have moved in later.
I’ve added a photo I took in 2010. It seems likely the theater was only on one side, but I can’t say which. Unusually, the stoop for the entry to the stairs on the left side has the name Klockenteger carved into it.
No such thing as W 8th. The building is at 257 8th Ave SE. No maps are available, but the building does appear on an early postcard said to be from 1910. The photo studio/framing business closed sometime after 2013, and the ground floor is vacant. 50s has supplied a much better chronology of names than the ‘contributor’.
Still listed in 1956 with 225 seats. The address would have been something like 117 E Broadway. This entire block was demolished years ago for a cheap drive-through bank.
Must be the same place. Obviously it reopened, perhaps sometime after the war. From that brief history, it does not seem like the initial use was as a cinema.
I am positive the address is wrong. The picture that shows the theater closer up is looking at the back of the building at 201 E Main. Downtown is so ugly, and nearly everything in both pictures has been torn down, but I think the address is somewhere around 239-243 E Main.
I don’t see a blacksmith on the May 1910 map. ‘Downtown’ is tiny, and the area where the theater was is vacant. I suspect it was just a little wooden shack if it existed at all.
The building is in good shape. For whatever stupid reason, I did not take a picture of this or the Burg. It is a knitting/quilting shop.
Address should be 1131 Court Ave, and this was demolished long ago. There’s a really crappy Family Dollar building there now.
The building was a typical turn of the century 2 story brick structure. It was constructed between 1892 and 1898, and was a grocery store through 1911. It was definitely open by 1922. The 1914-15 AMPD lists an Oriental, which might have been this theater. There was an opera house to the south (the Stover), which was still in business in 1922, and may have shown films.
It appears to have been a ground floor house in 1922, but is the sole occupant shown in 1933.
Joe, I agree about the 1914-15 listings being poor for this town. It’s entirely possible the Scenic was still open as well.
The 1884 ‘opera house’ is likely the ‘Public Hall’ shown on the 1885 map. It was in the second story of the building labeled ‘Billiards’ in the photo.
Eddyville also flooded in 1965. The Corps of Engineers built a levee in 1947 or 48.
This was built as a house in 1848. It was still a residence in 1911.
Unfortunately, the last available Sanborn is 1911. It shows this space as vacant. The building dates to 1897.
Comments on the other Holland entry suggest that the theater moved into this old house in 1966, and closed in 2001. This is not the florist, that’s on Main. This is a law office. There is a very deep but narrow auditorium stuck on the back of the house. It’s a very strange arrangement.
Based on comments here, this was the original Holland, and it moved in the ‘60s to the old house on Washington.