Tackett Theatre
132 W. Eighth Street,
Coffeyville,
KS
67337
132 W. Eighth Street,
Coffeyville,
KS
67337
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A September 7, 1918 Moving Picture World item (with typo) says “Coffeyville, Kans.—The Taskett theatre is nearing completion and will be opened early this fall.” In late 1923, the November 24 MPW noted that among recent visitors to the film exchanges in Kansas City “John Tackett, Tackett Theatre, Coffeyville, Kas.” This theater was on the site of an airdome built by John Tackett in 1910, reported in the July 9 MPW that year. I would imagine that the airdome was meant to be a summer location for the first Tackett Theatre at 7th and Maple.
Address is wrong. This was at 132 W 8th. There was an even older Tackett at the location listed, but all of the information appears to relate to the newer Tackett (and makes the Midland the THIRD Tackett). The theater was built sometime between 1913 and 1923 (probably after 1915, since it’s not listed in the 1914-15 AMPD). It was a large three story brick building. This corner is now a parking lot next to some really awful 1970s retail buildings.
The 1923 map shows a gas station on the SE corner, so this would have had to have been built as a very large theater, and then abandoned within 4 years. This location would have been an odd choice. Even before a lot of downtown became a wasteland, this was on the very edge of the business section. If it really was here (later maps are unavailable online), then the corner is occupied by a derelict car wash, which might date to the ‘70s.