The Kerredge Theatre was a theatre located in the 1st block of East Quincy Street in Hancock, Michigan, next to the Scott Hotel. It was built by William and Ray Kerredge and completed by Fall 1902. The theatre hosted many vaudeville groups and could accommodate 1250 patrons. The theatre was fronted by a circular balcony. The Kerredge Theatre was built in response to the construction two years earlier of The Calumet Theatre in Calumet, Michigan.
At some point, the Kerredge was converted into a movie theater.
The building caught fire around 2am and burned to the ground in the early morning of May 29, 1959. The efforts of fire crews prevented direct fire damage to the neighboring Scott Hotel, but it suffered an estimated $100,000 (1959 US dollars) of smoke and water damage. No injuries occurred.
References
- ^ "(New) Kerredge Theatre". City of Hancock. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ Thurner, Arthur W. (1994). Strangers and sojourners: a history of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Wayne State University Press. p. 176. ISBN 9780814323960.
- ^ "Theater at Hancock is Burned Down". The Owosso Argus-Press. Associated Press. May 27, 1959. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
External links
- Image of the Kerredge Theatre, Michigan Tech Archives
- Remains of the theatre after it burned down, Michigan Tech Archives
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