Empress Theatre
419 N. Main Street,
Fremont,
NE
68025
419 N. Main Street,
Fremont,
NE
68025
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Houses an antiques Shoppe.
The Empress Theatre exited with “Freaky Friday” on April 13, 1977.
Held a reopening on January 5th, 1934
Empress theatre reopening Fri, Jan 5, 1934 – 3 · Fremont Tribune (Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
This opened on March 18th, 1915. Grand opening ad below: (click to zoom in)
We just took over the Empress Building and going to keep it historical with the movie theater theme. We sell handmade and vintage candies, popcorn, sodas and much more. We are having a movie theater themed store. We hope you will stop by when you are in the Fremont Nebraska area. Precious Treasures www.precioustreasures.net
I thought I’d add an update regarding the Empress Theater. My husband and I are the new owners of the Harvest Health and Coffee which is currently in the Empress Theater you see in the picture above. We have renamed the health store from Harvest Health and Coffee to honor the old Empress Theater to the Empress Health and more. We are also refurbishing the theater sign and adding new lights. So exciting and we just love being in the old theater, even the balcony is still there!
The NRHP registration form for the Fremont Historic Commercial District says that the Empress Theatre was built in 1913 as a vaudeville and moving picture house.
Given the name and the timing, there’s a high probability that this theater was built for the Sullivan & Considine circuit.
Here is a 1949 photo of the Empress Theatre.
Good Marquee shot Ken Mc.
Here is a close shot of the marquee:
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