Lyric Theatre
603 N. Washington Street,
Junction City,
KS
66441
603 N. Washington Street,
Junction City,
KS
66441
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This early theatre was opened by Ira Berman in 1907. It was located in the northern section of an old wood frame structure. This seems to have been an 1887-1892 remodel or replacement of an older wooden building known as the Farmer’s Exchange.
The northern section had a spacious rear addition in stone, and was a saloon until 1905, when it was closed due to a local crackdown. Berman also constructed a rather fancy stone addition behind the southern section, which was the bottling plant for his Exquisite Bottling Works. It’s likely that he owned the saloon, and opened the theatre as an alternate source of revenue.
The theatre still appears on the 1912 map, but by 1925 it had become a store. The building today is in decent shape, and is a gun store. The facade may or may not be original. It seems to have had a tin front up to 1947, but it’s possible this was just sheet tin over the present structure.
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Seth Gaines
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The Lyric, 603 N. Washington St., was one of three houses listed at Junction City in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. The others were the Aurora and the Opera House.