Lyric Theatre
334 Dakota Avenue S.,
Huron,
SD
57350
334 Dakota Avenue S.,
Huron,
SD
57350
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According to the archives of the Evening Huronite, S.A. Goethel opened the Lyric Theatre by January 11, 1921.
In September 1921 the Huronite reported the Lyric Theatre cancelled the contract for the pictures of Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, awaiting the outcome of his trial. Not a strange event because thousand of theatres across the country were doing the same. For those not familiar with the Arbuckle scandal, Fatty was cleared of all charges and did not regain his career except when working under a pseudonym.
In April 1927 Mr. Goethel sold the Lyric Theatre to A.B. Leak, who had been district manager for Publix Theatres in the Minnesota territory. Mr. Leak announced that he would show Paramount-Famous-Lasky pictures and Publix took out a large advertisement in the Huronite congratulating him. In May 1928 Arthur Leak and Al Goethel merged the Lyric Theatre, Bijou Theatre and State Theatre into the Northwest Theatre Circuit, Inc. Film Daily Year Book 1929 lists Northwest Theatre Circuit with 126 theaters in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The 280-seat Lyric Theatre closed October 13, 1929, and its program moved to the Bijou Theatre, a Publix theatre, which had been closed since August 1928.
The building was later remodeled into the Burg Department Store and most recently has been Yessica’s Restaurant.
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Opened January 11th, 1921 or before.
Found on Newspaperarchive.com
It was a few Mexican restaurants within a few years. It’s been a spa for some time now. The building had murals covering the windows when I visited in 2014, but it’s been refurbished and the upper stories are likely apartments.
The building was built sometime between 1910 and 1916 as an Odd Fellows Hall. The 1916 map shows the northern section as a grocery with a 332 address, and the southern section as a bakery with a 338 address. I assume from the small capacity that this theater was only in one half of the ground floor, and likely the northern half.