Diamond Theatre
1202 Edgington Avenue,
Eldora,
IA
50627
1202 Edgington Avenue,
Eldora,
IA
50627
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The Diamond Theatre appears on the 1915 Sanborn, in the eastern storefront of the Masonic Lodge/Opera House, a large three-story brick building, which had been constructed sometime before 1886. The 1911 map shows a general store in this space.
Another unsuccessful early theatre which closed in 1918, the 1920 map shows a confectionery here. The building is in good shape today, although the facade is a very drab remodel from sometime around 1920-40. The historical address was 1210, but the building has been taken over by a bank, and is all one unit.
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Seth Gaines
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According to the National Register listing for downtown, which seems very well researched, this was the Diamond.
The Diamond is one of four theaters listed at Eldora in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. Of the others a house called the Bijou was also located on Marion Avenue (the former name of Edgington Avenue.) No locations were given for a house called the Princess Theatre and a generically listed M. P. Theatre.
Here is an item datelined Eldora from the May 18, 1918 Moving Picture World: “M. W. Moir, proprietor Diamond theater, has taken over the Grand.” Having gained control of the Grand (which he would sell to its long-time owner L. F. Walcott in 1924) it seems likely that Mr. Moir would have closed the Diamond soon, if not immediately.