Airdome
101 N. Sturgeon Street,
Montgomery City,
MO
63361
101 N. Sturgeon Street,
Montgomery City,
MO
63361
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This simple airdome was constructed in 1909, replacing a very small house. It was a very basic structure, with a wooden stage, a fence, and a small wooden ‘machine house’.
Although the theater appears on the 1917 Sanborn, it is not listed in the 1914-15 AMPD, and it likely operated only briefly. The 1932 map shows a wooden auto repair and gas station here, and the corner has been a parking lot for many years.
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Seth Gaines
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An “air dome” showing movies was mentioned in the September 24, 1909 issue of The Montgomery City Tribune. The house was apparently closing for the season. The item said that “[t]onight Friday will probably be the last appearance of the moving pictures at the air dome. An unusually strong and attractive program will be presented. Don’t fail to attend.”
The 1909 map is from April, so the chronology works.
Montgomery City got a second airdome in 1909, built by James Ferguson, presumably of Ferguson’s Opera House which closed that year. Construction on the new airdome, which was located on Railroad Street, began in June, 1909. In September, Ferguson announced plans to cover the place with a tarpaulin, to extend its season. I haven’t found out how long this operation lasted, but I don’t recall seeing it on the 1917 Sanborn.