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Key:
DIST
D Demolished or destroyed
P Plan available
K Plan in KCMO Library
T Used as a
Theatre or in restoration as Theatre
? Unknown name or
date
C Bollers as consulting or associate architects
R Documented remodeling
by the Boller Brothers
* Both original
design and remodeling by the Boller Brothers
Sample Entry:
STATE
Town
Theatre Name in Boller Records (other known names for the Theatre) – Year
on Record of Work Present Use, if
known
ALABAMA
D Hayden-Pake (
Globe
Theatre for the Rabgoliatti Brothers - 1929
D Joie Theatre – 1921
T New (Malco,
Mountain Home
T Baxter Theatre -
1947
Searcy
Commonwealth Theatre - 1948
P Corona (Landmark)
Theatre - 1929
closed
R Covina Theatre – 1931
abandoned project
D Fontana Theatre -
1937 hardware store
C D White (Orpheum) Theatre - 1914
D Inglewood Theatre -
1922
D Capitol (Ritz, New
Tracy,
Stadium (Fox Stadium) Theatre -
1930 synagogue
D Largo Theatre (in
Montrose
C T Empress (Hippodrome, Crest) Theatre- 1913
D C Broadway (Fox Broadway,
Yost Broadway) Theatre- 1925
T Walkers West
Coast (
Coast) Theatre-1926
Cultural center
Marion Davies Playhouse (Miramar
Theatre) - pre-1929
abandoned
project
R D Orpheum (
DIST T Boulder Theatre- 1935-1936
T K Peak (
R D Trail (
D Ute (New
Eads
Plains Theatre - 1945
Kiva
Theatre - 1935 bookstore
R D Chief (Electric, Orpheum, Rex) Theatre- 1941
D K
*D K Chief (
R T Miners Theatre - 1937
R Will
K Majestic (Redmon’s Majestic) Theatre- 1927-28 derelict
R Fox
T
R D Lincoln (Fox-Lincoln) Theatre- 1938
Theatre for Leo Moore -
1923 abandoned project
R D Gem Theatre – 1936
Cherokee
D P Arrow (
Creston
R ? - 1950
Mapleton
K Maple Theatre - 1948
Shenandoah
D Page (Empress, State)
Theatre- 1947
T
T R
Chanute
Plaza (
T Peoples Theatre
(Chanute Cinema) - 1928
T New Tackett(Grand,
Colby
D Colby Theatre (Colby
Opera House, Princess Theatre, Baptist
Church, National Guard Armory,) - 1906
D McGhie (
State (New Deluxe State)
Theatre- 1948
Concordia
* T P Brown Grand Theatre - 1906
D Crown (Cooper) Theatre
- 1923
C T P Dodge (New Dodge, Fox Dodge) Theatre - 1928
El Dorado Theatre and Hotel (
closed
Ellsworth
D Golden Belt Theatre
(Golden
and
Opera House, Theatre, Bijou, the Taverns)
1915
T P
Fairway
D Fairway (Fox Fairway) Theatre - 1941
Empress (Pictureland?)
Theatre - 1913
Camp Theatres (3) - 1917 for the
Army
Garnett
D Peoples Theatre - 1936
Girard
Cozy Theatre - 1937 Car
dealer/barber shop
Goodland
D
? - 1950
T C Crest Theatre - 1950
Hiawatha
R D Dickinson (Royal, Chief) Theatre- 1929
Holton
* Perkins Opera House (Arcada
Theatre) - 1907, 1935
liquor
store
Hugoton
T Rusada (Movies II, The Showplace) Theatre - 1948
C P T Fox Theatre - 1931
D Beldorf (Bell-Dorf Opera House, Beldorff)
Theatre - 1906
T Booth Theatre
- 1926
Iola
Uptown Theatre - 1933
D Columbia Theatre -
1917
D Uptown (Junction,
Dickinson) Theatre - 1928
D R Jayhawk
(Art) Theatre - 1919, 1949
* D Electric Theatre –
1911, 1922
T Granada Theatre -
1929
Kingman
T Meade Theatre - 1919
D P
Larned
T K State (Twilight?)
Theatre – 1948
R T Jayhawker (Bowersock, Dickinson,
Theatre – 1929
D Sunset Drive-In
Theatre - 1948
R T K Varsity (Vaudeville) Theatre
- 1926
T Hollywood Theatre
(Performing
Performing
D Orpheum Theatre - 1909
Liberal
Plaza (Fox Plaza) Theatre –
1930 warehouse
Tucker Theatre – 1921 store
McPherson
R D Manor (Tourney, Helstrom) Theatre - 1946
* K Marshall (State,
discount
store
T Wareham Theatre (
Opera House,
D
1905
Marysville
D
Norton
* T The
Auditorium (
1947
Oakley
T Center (Oakley)
Theatre - 1948-49
Oberlin
D Oberlin (Grand Opera
House, Central, Legion, Chief) Theatre
1906
Overland Theatre - 1946
Parsons
Best Theatre - 1912 Nickelodeon
with arch
* D Elks (Orpheum) Theatre
- 1904, 1921
Theatre for Otto Feess - 1914
Sunflower (Berns)
Theatre - 1919 bowling
alley
R T Majestic (Winship Opera House) Theatre - 1924
R T Colonial (Fox)
Theatre - 1926
* D Klock (
D Labelle (Orpheum)
Theatre - 1903
Orpheum
Theatre – 1926 abandoned project?
Russell
R K Dream (New Dream)
Theatre - 1934, 1948
Mecca Theatre - 1935
Sabetha
K Civic Theatre - 1947
R r
C T P
C P Memorial Auditorium
(Memorial Hall) - 1922 offices
Scammon
D Scammon (Opera House) Theatre
– 1906
Mission Theatre - 1927
R D Grand (New Grand) Theatre - 1924
T P Jayhawk
Theatre - 1925
R Novelty (Dickinson,
Memorial Auditorium – 1920
offices
D Crawford (New
Crawford, Garrick) Theatre - 1910
K C Crest Theatre -
1948
D Nomar Theatre - 1928
R D P Palace Theatre - 1915, 1928
Plainview Theatre
D Princess Theatre -
1908
Star Theatre - 1921
Uptown Theatre - 1927 dinner
theatre
Wichita Theatre - 1918
D Empress (Keith Empress, B.F. Keith’s Empress, RKO Keith’s)
Theatre 1913
T Elkin Theatre - 1935
C D People’s Opera House (People’s Theatre,
Theatre) 1919
T Rigney
(Wilcox) Theatre - 1912-14
* K T Princess (Armory?)Theatre - 1906, 1937, 1943
Bolivar
K Drake (New Drake
Esquire, Ritz, Esquire) Theatre- 1946
Branson
T K
* T Degraw
(Degraw Opera House, Cedar Cinema) Theatre
1905, 1940
Camdenton
Lake/White Theatre - 1950
Cameron
D Patio Drive-In Theatre
R Ritz Theatre - 1935
Broadway Theatre - 1929 Cooling
only
R Tiger Theatre - 1945
Cassville
K Hall Theatre -
1945-46
Green Hills Drive-In -
1950-51
K C Ben Bolt Theatre -
1947-48
R D Strand Theatre (Luella,
Playhouse - 1929
D Clinton (Bixman, Bixman
Opera House?) Theatre- 1937
(Connect?)
T GoSho (Crest?) Theatre- 1946
R
D K Uptown Theatre -
1946-47
D Broadway Drive-In Theatre - 1948
*
* Hall Theatre - 1916, 1924, 1926 Bakery
T P Missouri Theatre
- 1927
R
D Star Theatre
(remodeled into Varsity?)
Fayette
Missouri Theatre – 1929
abandoned project
Fredericktown
R D Palace (Gem, Mercier, Sunderman) Theatre
- 1937
R T Orpheum (Tom Sawyer)
Theatre - 1936
Harrisonville
? - 1950
K Capitol Theatre - 1936 garage
* Electric (Grubel’s Electric,
D Wasson Theatre - 1906
D Aladdin Theatre - 1948
K R
Apollo Theatre - 1910
R Ashland Theatre - 1946
Baghdad Theatre - 1926
R Benton (Chief?) Theatre - 1931
D K Brookside
Theatre - 1936
D Empress Theatre - 1910
K C D Gayety Theatre - 1909
Garden Theatre - 1912
Gilham
(Gillham) Theatre - 1913
K Kansas City Conservatory of Art and Music - ?
R K Lincoln Theatre –
1936
Linwood
Theatre - ?
C P T
K New
C K T Plaza Theatre – 1927
R K Regent Theatre – 1947
Remodeling of picture theatre
for
K C T Rockhill Theatre - 1923
Strand (Folly?) Theatre - ?
R Sun Theatre -
1941
* R K Warwick (Werner’s
furniture
store
R ? for
King Theatre – 1937 (postponed)
Lamar
R T Plaza Theatre - 1945
R Vogue (Lee) Theatre -
1945 Furniture store
D K Mary Lou (New Mary
Lou) Theatre -
* T K
D C K Tivoli Theatre – 1938
Moberly
R C T
* P Grand (Halloran, New Halloran) Theatre -
1914, 1926 J.C.
Penney
R D K Orpheum Theatre - 1953
Perryville
K
Plattsburg
Wilhart
(Lyric?)Theatre- 1937
R T Farris Theatre
(Dougherty Auditorium, Dougherty Theatre)
1946, 1950
R T
Rolla
T K Uptown Theatre – 1941
D Strand (St. Charles Cinema,
New Strand , St. Charles Theatre
and
Opera House) Theatre 1925
St. James
T Rowe Theatre (
* D P Electric (Majestic) Theatre - 1915, 1926, 1946-47
T P Missouri Theatre - 1927
D K Orpheum Theatre - 1924, 1933 (new?)
K Regal Theatre - 1941 vacant
K C T Trail (
T K Esquire Theatre - 1938
D K Norside
Theatre – 1936
Globe Theatre - 1946
T
K
Drive-In Theatre – 1948
* Electric (Fox-Electric, Fox-Plaza,
1926 church
? C T Gillioz - 1924 (cooling
documented in Boller files)
* C P T Landers Orpheum (Landers) Theatre - 1909, 1921
Park-In (Tower) Theatre –
1946 radio station
Sweet Springs
Uptown Theatre - 1935
R D
R T Royal Theatre - 1950
Warrensburg
? - 1950
R T
Waynesville
R D Blake (Opera House) Theatre - 1926
West Plains
* Davis Theatre - 1930, 1949 office supply store
DIST C T Fort Peck Summer
Theatre
- 1934
(associate
documented only in Boller files)
R D K
* D P
* D K Orpheum (
* K Kiva
(State) Theatre - 1931,1941, 1946
C T
documented
only in Boller files)
McCook
D
T C K Pioneer Theatre – 1948
T C Crest (Crest Twin,
Nickelodeon
Goldfield
(Hippodrome?,
Exchange?) Nickelodeon
Ryolite
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon
Tonopah
D Butler Theatre - 1906
Nickelodeon with arch
D Nevada Theatre - before 1913 (1903?)
T P KiMo
Theatre - 1925
* T Lyceum Theatre –
1919, 1927 Civic Center
A theatre for the Hardwick
Brothers - 1930
T El Morro (Pastime) Theatre - 1928
T K Lensic (Salmon, Commercial) Theatre -
1931
Wellston
Wellston (New Virginia?) Theatre - 1906
Alva
D Alva (New Opera House?, Grand,
Blackwell
Bays Theatre - 1920
T
D
Henryetta
T Blaine (Ciné) Theatre - 1926
Maude
Momand
Theatre – 1929 abandoned project
* T P Coleman Theatre – 1927, 1946
K Center (Centre)
Theatre -
R D * K Criterion (Cooper)
Theatre – 1920
R D Harber (
Plaza Theatre - 1935
R
D K State Theatre –
1940
Murray (Kay) Theatre - 1919
carpet store
T K
D C Empress (Old Empress,
D Empress (Orpheum,
Hippodrome, RKO, Pantages, Orpheum
again)
Theatre - 1912-13
R Majestic Theatre -
1912-13
Easley
T C K Colony Theatre - 1945-48
Yankton
R T Yankton (Dakota,
Hess, Rudger’s Opera House?) Theatre) –
1947
T Granada Theatre -
1929
T
D P Texas Theatre -
1925-6 (facade exists)
T
Worland
Kerby
Theatre - 1938 store
K New Aileen (Frontier)
Theatre - 1952-53 abandoned project?