New Star Theatre
113 North Main Street,
Janesville,
MN
56048
113 North Main Street,
Janesville,
MN
56048
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Well, I should have known that it was Google Maps that had gotten the numbers wrong, but the Historical Society newsletter saying that the Star was on South Main threw me off. I should probably remove that comment, to avoid perpetuating the confusion.
It does sound as though the Princess was reseated in the 1920s, renamed the Star in the 1930s, and then the Star name was moved to a new location in the 1940s.
The Fall, 2007, issue of the Waseca County Historical Society’s newsletter (PDF here) has an article about Waseca County’s movie theaters, and it says that the Star Theatre was at 113 South Main Street. It also says that, in 2007, the building was occupied by Jethro’s Soda Shop. Jethro’s Soda Shop has gone out of business, but it still shows up in Google Street View.
Google shows Jethro’s on South Main, but Internet search results list the Janesville Community Food Shelf as being located in Jethro’s Soda Shop at 113 North Main. For now, I’m going with Google and the Historical Society, and I’ve set Street View to Jethro’s at 113 South Main. The newsletter cites as its source Ruth Walther, presumably related to Sully Walther, who operated the Star with his sons Curt and Vern during the 1940s and 1950s, so I guess she would know where the theater had been located.