Lyric Theatre
103 E. Sycamore Street,
Kokomo,
IN
46901
103 E. Sycamore Street,
Kokomo,
IN
46901
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The Fairview Theatre is included on a list of motion picture theatres published in Billboard on December 24, 1910. The manager’s names given at that time were Weed and Rayner. By 1912 it had been renamed Lyric Theatre.
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Tom Hamilton mentions the Fairview Theatre in a couple of articles and in his book, but he gives the address as 119 E. Fairview. He also says that it opened in 1909, was soon renamed the Lyric Theatre, and then later renamed the Colonial Theatre. At some point the business was moved to 119 N. Buckeye Street (the book and this article say that this was in 1927, but this article doesn’t specify the date.)
The Colonial Theatre at Kokomo is mentioned in the February 5, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World, so if the move didn’t take place until 1927, the Fairview was last known as the Colonial. The second Colonial Theatre on N. Buckeye has its own Cinema Treasures page.
If it opened in 1909, it was after July, when the map shows this as a saloon. The structure was originally built sometime before 1885, but was modified over the years. With a hideous remodel, the building is now incorporated into the jewelry store on the corner.
The 1912-1913 Kokomo city directory lists the “Lyric Theatre, W O Tarkington mngr, 103 E Sycamore.”