Air Dome
113 W. Ash Street,
Salina,
KS
67401
113 W. Ash Street,
Salina,
KS
67401
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This large airdome appears on the August 1911 map. It was located on a corner which was a vacant lot in 1905. The theater had a large stage at the rear.
This appears to have closed by 1914-15, as it is not listed in the AMPD. The 1917 map shows the theater disused, noted as ‘Formerly Summer Theater’. By 1926, it had been replaced by a large two story building housing a dealership and bus depot.
This area is now part of Salina’s vast wasteland of surface parking.
Contributed by
Seth Gaines
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The Air Dome is the only theater we have listed at Santa Fe and Ash Street, but this item appeared in the July 9, 1910 issue of Moving Picture World: “Salina, Kan.—The National Moving Picture Theater, at the corner of Santa Fe avenue and Ash street, owned by Thacher Bros., was badly damaged by fire.” If the 1911 map doesn’t show any other theaters at that intersection, it might be that the Air Dome was a cheap replacement for the lost National.
Wasn’t there, but I did find it. I’ll add a listing.