Empress Theatre
621 Court Street,
Harlan,
IA
51537
621 Court Street,
Harlan,
IA
51537
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Do we want to call it demolished, or is that too confusing? Although technically in the same building that exists today, the Empress was in one of the ground floor storefronts, which were rearranged during the conversion to the Harlan. The theater space is a staircase and part of the lobby/auditorium of the Harlan.
This theater was located in the same building that later held the Harlan. The address should be 621 Court St. The 1909 map shows an office here.
The Empress was mentioned in the January 8, 1916 issue of Moving Picture World. Owners B.C. and Ralph T. Morgan had just bought the Lyric Theatre and planned on running both houses, with the Lyric open nightly and the Empress operating on Fridays and Saturdays.