Thomas L. Tally opened Tally's Electric Theater opened on April 17, 1902, making it likely the world's first permanent theater specifically designed for movies. The theater originally screened an hour's worth of material, including films such as
Capture of the Biddle Brothers and
New York City in a Blizzard, for $0.10 . Following the theater's opening night success, it began showing child matinées at half-price admission the following day.
The Great Train Robbery also screened at the theater that year, and the film was so successful, it inspired Tally to sell the theater in order to travel with and exhibit the film. In 1910, the theater was advertised as Glockner’s Automatic Theatre. According to the memory of a local businessman, the theater was demolished before the advent of
talking pictures, however the building housing the theater was not demolished until at least 1998. ==Architecture==