The interior of the Majestic Theatre, Lorain, Ohio
c 1912 - 1914
/ Downtown Lorain

Doane Collection of the Lorain Public Library System | 1907 - 1912
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A view of the stage of the Majestic Theatre (or State Theater) in Lorain, Ohio. The theater, known as the F.B. Wagner Opera House when it was opened in 1890, was destroyed in the tornado that devastated downtown Lorain, Ohio on June 28, 1924.
Located at 375 Broadway Avenue., it was also known as the Bonsor Opera House, Lorain Opera House and New Lorain Opera House before it was destroyed in the 1924 tornado.
Willis Leiter is likely the photographer, as the caption on the bottom of the photograph is in his handwriting. The date of the photograph is not known, but is likely sometime between 1912 - 1914.
~ Doane Collection of the Lorain Public Library System, “The interior of the Majestic Theatre, Lorain, Ohio,” Lorain County Memory, accessed December 4, 2025, https://loraincountymemory.org/items/show/2048.
