The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-11-28
Charles Pacini Amusements
Takes Over Wattles Prop
erty as Site for Splen-
did Show House.
TO START WORK IN MARCH
Plans for the Erection Of Sixteen
Hundred Seat Theater are Completed
and Work Will Be Rushed
to Completion.

Kenosha IS to have one of the finest
theatres and moving picture shows IN
the state as it is announced today that
Charles Pacini Amusements has pur-
chased the Wattles property at the
corner Of South and Main streets and
the work Of building a splendid new
amusement house is to be started the
first of March with the promise that
the building will be completed by the
late summer or early autumn OF 1919.
The site of the new theatre is sixty
feet ON Main street with one hundred
and twenty feet on South street, and
while the price paid for the property
has not been made public it is de-
clared to have been in the neighbor-
hood Of twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Charles Pacini, proprietor of the
New Majestic and the Butterfly thea
tres, will be personally in charge OF
the erection Of the new theatre and
plans which have been made provide
for thoroughly modern amusement
place. While it is designed for use as
a moving picture house, it will have all
the appointments of a theatre for legi-
innate dramatic production. 1t will
have an adequate stage and be fitted
with all equipment for the presentation
of all sorts Of dramatic entertainments.
The new theatre will be Of brick and
freproof and it is possible that it will
be the first real skyscraper in the CITY,.
The plans for the theatre are COM
pleted, but there may be some change
in the plans for the building later with
a view of giving Kenosha not only the
most modern theatre in Southern Wis
consin, but also one Of the most
modern office buildings in this. section
of the state.
The new theatre will have a seating
capacity Of sixteen hundred people and
this will make it one Of the largest
theatres in the state, not excluding
Milwaukee. Tt is estimated that the
cost Of the new building will be consid-
cradle over the one hundred thous-
and dollar mark.
Completing his chain of theatres in
the city, Mr.. Pacini is also planning
for the erection of new theatre on
Elizabeth street somewhere near the
Rowland avenue corner, during the
coming year. Preliminary plans have
been made for this theatre and it is
expected that the work on it will
be started some time shortly after
the first of March.
"I want to give Kenosha the most
modern and most comfortable theatre
to be found in Wisconsin, declared
Mr.. Pacini in discussing his plans for
the Improvement of the Wattles corner.
tfThe site is an ideal one for an amuse-
ment place and the patronage that has
been given to similar enterprises under
my direction, leads me to believe that
the people of Kenosha deserve the very
best that can be given them. The
theatre is designed for moving pictures
but we are going to build it so that
it can be used for any theatrical pur-
pose. There will be no delay in the
completion of the building and I hope
to have everything ready for the
grand opening late in August in early
in September.
We are going to have the best ex-
perts we can secure to plan and execute
the work with the view of making
this theatre a building and institu-
ton Of which the people Of Kenosha
may be justly proud