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From Cinema Treasures
Campbell’s Empire Theatre was opened prior to 1897. Located on W. Lafayette Boulevard in downtown. It was the first of two Empire Theatre’s in Detroit, the second Empire Theatre opened in 1910 as a silent movie theatre, also located in downtown at 1251 Woodward Avenue.