Capitol Theatre
State Road,
Millington,
MI
48746
State Road,
Millington,
MI
48746
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The Capitol Theatre on State Road in Millington, was one of at least six theaters with that name in Michigan.
My grandfather’s Johnson Construction Company remodeled the Capitol in 1939 or 1940. For our family, the most notable aspect of the Capitol Theatre project is that it was where our parents first met each other. Dad was working on the theater when Al Johnson took his two daughters with him on a jobsite visit. The rest, you could say, is history.
Al Johnson’s November 1948 color slide shows that an addition, most likely the lobby and concession area, has been built onto the front of the older wood-framed structure. It’s not known what additional interior work might have been done to the opera hall/theater at that time.
Photos on the website show the theater prior to this addition. The “Millington - Arbela Historical Society Museum” in Millington has some of the old theater seats in the museum as well as old pictures.