Delft Theatre
139 W. Washington Street,
Marquette,
MI
49855
139 W. Washington Street,
Marquette,
MI
49855
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I just called the Delft and talked to a gentleman who told me that they were showing a movie tonight. It is “When Harry met Sally” and at what time it would be showing.
The renovated Delft Theatre is now the home of the Delft Bistro, a bar and restaurant. Their web site says they show movies nightly, but doesn’t give any information about format. I suspect they are just running blue ray movies. They have a calendar style schedule on their “Films” page, but it’s blank, so you have to call the restaurant to find out what the feature film is on any given night.
We walked by this theatre earlier in the week. There is plywood covering the Washington Street entrance and some kind of construction work going on inside. The map is way off. A more accurate address would be 139 W Washington.
Is this closed? Showtimes no longer at the Carmike site.
An item in the September 4, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World said that C. J. Butler of Ishpeming had hired architect D. Fred Charlton to design his new theater there, and added that Charlton had been the architect of the Delft Theatres in Munising and Marquette.
Here is another photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/z5k78
This is an interesting setup — the original entrance with the marquee is closed and you enter in the rear through what is really the original basement. All the theaters are therefore upstairs. Two are carved back to back in the original stage space and the other three are created out of what was the original auditorium. Although it is unusual, at least this old, downtown theater is still standing and still showing movies.