State Theater
1412 Farnam Street,
Omaha,
NE
68102
1412 Farnam Street,
Omaha,
NE
68102
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The State Theatre closed September 4, 1969 with “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”
opening ad as Sun
Sun theatre opening 29 Nov 1916, Wed Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) Newspapers.com
1919 photo as Sun Theater added credit Durham Museum photo archives.
Beardbear31, guess a reply five years later is better than never. The Moon Theater was eventually renamed the Town Theater, which in turn was remodeled and renamed the Cooper. That beautiful streetfront was covered with a bland, “modern” facade with the coming of the Cooper, if I remember correctly.
I have uploaded the grand opening ad as Sun from November 30th, 1916 and as State from September 14th, 1929 as well as a picture of the Sun.
The State Theater was across from the Paxton Hotel, where the downtown library is now located, on the North side of Farnam between 14th and 15th Streets.
Can someone tell me exactly where on Farnam the State sat? Was it on the north side of the street or the south side? Was it in the same block as the old WOW building, or was it further east?
The Sun Theater was part of a “planetary” theme at the time in naming theaters in Omaha. There was the Sun Theater, the Moon Theater, and the World Theater (later renamed the Omaha Theater). Sorry that I haven’t found out much information about the Moon, perhaps it was renamed also.