Fraser Theatre

408 Grand Avenue,
Spencer, IA 51301

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SethG
SethG on December 2, 2023 at 10:16 am

Maybe. This wasn’t a new building, but if they did extensive work on it, they might have referred to it as new.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 2, 2023 at 12:16 am

The Fraser is listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but I wonder if it’s origin could have been just a couple of years earlier in a house called the Unique Theatre? This item is from the August 17, 1912 issue of Moving Picture World:

“Spencer, Iowa.—The new Unique Theater Building is now completed and ready for business. It will seat 450 people, 410 on the first floor and forty in the balcony.”