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This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Keokuk County, Iowa, highlighting Keswick in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape. Date: 14 October 2007: Source: My own work, based on public domain information. Based on similar map concepts by Ixnayonthetimmay: Author: Arkyan
The Gem was conceived in 1948 by the Bijou Amusement Company of Memphis, Tennessee and opened in 1951. Having a theater specifically for African-American residents in their own neighborhood meant that customers weren't relegated to one section with inferior amenities, like in segregated theaters that were ubiquitous at the time. [1]
The theater will be showing a double feature of “If,” starring Ryan Reynolds, and “Godzilla x Kong" for the weekend of May 17-19. Hours: Open Fridays-Sundays, gates open at 6:30 p.m., with ...
Location of Keswick, Iowa. ... Keswick is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 242 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] History
Downtown Iowa City was a movie theatre ghost town a decade ago, but the passion was there. A movie theater topped the list when Iowa City sent out a community-wide survey for what residents wanted ...
The results were highly lucrative: the Gem earned a nightly average of $5,000, and sometimes as much as $10,000 (equivalent to $286,000 in 2023). [ 7 ] [ 2 ] The Gem burned down on September 26, 1879, along with much of the town, but Swearengen rebuilt his establishment larger and more opulent than ever, to great public acclaim.
North English (mostly in Iowa County) City 1,065 3 Keota: City 897 4 Hedrick: City 728 5 What Cheer: City 607 6 Richland: City 542 7 Keswick: City 242 8 South English: City 202 9 Ollie: City 201 10 Harper: City 118 11 Martinsburg: City 110 12 Webster: City 94 13 Kinross: City 80 14 Thornburg: City 45 15 Hayesville: City 41
The theater was opened in 1914, and it was converted into a movie house in 1919. There is seating for 264 on the main floor and an additional 132 seats in the balcony. The present marquee was erected by the Iowa Neon Sign Company of Des Moines in 1948. The I.O.O.F. sold the theater to Louie and Virginia Cook in 1978.