Yes, I can confirm that Thalheimer and Weitz had their hand in practically every building downtown… only few or none as original designer. They did remodels/renovations/additions on lots of buildings between 1924 and the 1980s, so the Capital was probably built in 1913, renovated in 1933 by T/H and had the marquis and box office redone. Someone redid it again before that photo on the PAB was taken in 1970… the storefront is all furred-out and tiled in that photo, and now that has been removed back to the original facade. You can still see where architectural detailing is still missing at the ground level because of the previous applied facade.
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Does anyone have photos of this block? Or know the history of the sign on the theater? When it was put up, how old it is, or anything else…) The sign is large and would have blocked the view of the stained glass above, so I’m curious what it might have looked like.
Also, there was supposedly a “Franklin” theater on the same block. Anyone have info on that?
Yes, I can confirm that Thalheimer and Weitz had their hand in practically every building downtown… only few or none as original designer. They did remodels/renovations/additions on lots of buildings between 1924 and the 1980s, so the Capital was probably built in 1913, renovated in 1933 by T/H and had the marquis and box office redone. Someone redid it again before that photo on the PAB was taken in 1970… the storefront is all furred-out and tiled in that photo, and now that has been removed back to the original facade. You can still see where architectural detailing is still missing at the ground level because of the previous applied facade.
Theater opened in 1933, not 1913. Thalheimer/Weitz wasn’t a firm until 1924.
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Does anyone have photos of this block? Or know the history of the sign on the theater? When it was put up, how old it is, or anything else…) The sign is large and would have blocked the view of the stained glass above, so I’m curious what it might have looked like.
Also, there was supposedly a “Franklin” theater on the same block. Anyone have info on that?
Thanks!
Elisabeth