Mt. Lassen Theatre

200 Main Street,
Chester, CA 96020

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Functions: Church, Movies

Previous Names: Chester Theatre

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 530.258.3009

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CHESTER Theatre; Chester, California.

The Chester Theatre was severely damaged by a fire on December 20, 1947. It was operated by Louis Blair who repaired the theatre and it reopened in January 1949. In October 1952, Blair was arrested after the slaying of a local grocer and his family. Blair sold the theatre shortly after his arrest. The Chester Theatre was closed in 1986 and became a church.

It was renovated in 2018 and reopened as the Mt. Lassen Theatre, in use as a church and showing movies.

Contributed by Ken McIntyre

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 28, 2009 at 11:00 pm

This is from Boxoffice in January 1948:

CHESTER, CALIF.-On the eve of closing for remodeling, the Chester Theater was severely damaged by fire. Ed Blair, owner, said the loss of about $20,000 was only partially covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Blair, whose home was in the rear of the theater, lost all their personal belongings.

sixfinger
sixfinger on May 9, 2011 at 3:02 pm

Once known as the Cheppar T. Macker. Spelling negotiable…

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on October 4, 2018 at 1:52 pm

200 Main Street was the address of this Chester Theatre. The new theatre was built and launched in January of 1949. The Chester had a long run. Under new owners in 1981, it became the Chester Theatre and Video Store. It only showed films on weekends during much of its run as a video operation. It was renamed Chester Video in 1986 and appears to have dropped the showing of films. The auditorium was used as a church from that point forward. The Chester Video operation appears to have gone out of business in 2000 continuing as Chester Christian Fellowship Church until 2013.

The building got a major renovation to return to cinematic glory and return as a church, as well. The theatre re-opened as the Mt. Lassen Theatre (and Church) in 2018. Its website is:

https://mtlassentheatre.org/showtimes/

The first Chester Theatre was destroyed by fire on December 20, 1947. The Chester the second of three major theater fires in the ares in just a year along with the Greenville and Quincy theatres. That theatre, also on Main Street, dated back to the silent era in the 1920s.

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