Lyric Theater

This theater had opened by 1926. It does not appear on the 1918 map. The theater was a simple white plaster building of two stories. Decorative tile surrounds the upper windows, and rather than a vertical sign, ‘Lyric’ is rendered in small tiles surrounded by a decorative border of larger tiles.

The original capacity was 300, but from 1934 through 1937 it is listed as 550. This was likely an error, as it it thereafter listed at 350. The theater was still open in 1951, now with 370 seats, but was closed by 1956.

Sometime after closure, this building was one of many in the unattractive downtown to suffer cladding. Luckily, the metal front has now been removed, and the upper facade is visible again. The front is in need of some TLC, and the ground floor is a cheap and ugly brick veneer, but it looks much better. The building is home to a barbershop.

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