The American Theater
Originally built as a Vaudeville house, the American Theater hosted its premier performance on Christmas Day 1909. With the advent of film, the American was converted to a movie theater in 1918.
A major fire destroyed the structure on May 24, 1950 but it was rebuilt and re-opened in 1951. The American was the last of the local movie theaters to close. It was demolished in 1999.
Marker is on East 6th Street 0 miles west of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
