This 928-seat, $35,000 "fireproof" theatre was built in 1914, on the site of the old wood-frame Casino Theatre. The architect was Henry L. Spann, probably in collaboration with his much-younger brother William T. Spann. John G. Sattler, the local real-estate tycoon and owner of Sattler department store, commissioned it. In 1919 or 1920 the theatre changed hands, and it was renamed the Broadway. In 1922 the new management installed a Marr & Colton 2-manual organ. Later still the Basil brothers took over and renamed it Basil's Broadway. In recent years it was used as a church, Joy Temple, and possibly a Mosque of the Nation of Islam. Records found inside contain attendance lists for Muhammad's Mosque of Islam No 23 dated 1969 and 1970. Church info list Muhammad's Mosque of Islam No 23 as being at a nearby address (an empty lot), but not the listed address of the Sattler Theatre (but then, the listed address for the theatre is not the address on the building...and if the address on the building is correct, the location of the Mosque was at Sattler). The Mosque has sinced moved, info to be updated soon when I can make a trip to the current Mosque. There is no info about Joy Temple.
2nd gallery is the first with my new Nikon d80 camera.
