Imp Theatre
12 Main Street,
Syracuse,
KS
67878
12 Main Street,
Syracuse,
KS
67878
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Thanks, Joe! I think we can be pretty sure of our ID here.
The Imp Theatre was still in operation in 1921, as noted in this item from the November 5 issue of Moving Picture World: “C. Fred Garwood, formerly of Fredonia, Kan., has bought the Imp Theatre at Syracuse, Kan., from H. H. Beebe, opening his new house on October 11. The Imp seats 249.”
I haven’t found any more references to a new theater being opened by Mr. Beebe, but a newspaper article from earlier in 1921 indicates that he was then operating the Imp Theatre and ice cream parlor, which seems to me a strong indication that this house at 12 Main Street was indeed the Imp, as the Sanborn map indicates that it was a theater and confectionary.
In a letter published in The Implet (a house organ of the IMP moving picture company) and dated February, 1912, Mr. W. T. Frayback, manager of the Imp Theatre at Syracuse, Kansas, says that he had been using IMP movies since “last May” and was very pleased with them. It would appear that this house opened, or at least adopted the name Imp Theatre, in May, 1911.