Colonial Theater - Essexville Michigan

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Colonial Theater

Name: Colonial Theater Street: 1405 Woodside Ave.

City: Essexville State: MI Zip: Phone:

County: Bay

Operator: Unknown

Open: 1948

Closed: N/A

Capacity: 500

Status: Closed

Web Address: N/A

Notes: AKA Bay City

Number of visits to this page since February 23, 2007: 2102

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Entry Date: 8/25/2009 - Nancy Droptiny: My grandmother and grandfather owned the restaurant/theatre in the 1970''s - closing some time in the late 1980''s to 1990''s.
Someone purchased it in the 1980''s but did not make payments and the restaurant went into receivership when my grandmother took position again.
My grandparents were Helen and Dan Schittone.

There is also an apartment upstairs.

Entry Date: 11/11/2003 - Jack R. Miller: I was asst manager/projectionist at this theatre from 1948-1961.
Original owners were Alfred Hamlin and Thomas Arnold.
In 1949, Arnold sold his share to Louis J. Kempa.
Later, Hamlin sold his share to Kempa.
Kempa owned it until the late 60s.
Not sure who owned it in its last years, or exactly when it closed.