Downtown Kalamazoo Theatres

Elite (1912-1925)

East side of S Burdick St, south of South St

Elite Theatre, ca. 1912

Kalamazoo Valley Museum photo

Built and run as a film theatre from Aug 19, 1912 to May 16, 1925.

Seating claimed to be nearly 900; boxes on either side of stage were for the "singers."

Illustration ©1995 by J. P. Jenks

Downtown Kalamazoo Theatres: map and index

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