Coliseum Theatre - 2/8 Kimball
Juneau, Alaska
Franklin St.
Organ installation timeframe: 1928 - 1939
 
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c.1918

The Coliseum Theatre was built by W. D. Gross. A 2/8 Kimball (KPO 7019) was installed in 1928. J. Allan MacKinnon of Juneau has the paperwork and correspondence between Gross and Sandy Balcom arranging for the purchase and installation.   In 1939-1940, the organ was moved to Juneau's new 20th Century Theatre, also owned by Mr. Gross.   In January 1946, the Coliseum Theatre building and apartments were lost in a fire.   According to news reports of the time:   $130,000 FIRE THREATENS JUNEAU BUSINESS DISTRICT JUNEAU, ALASKA -- In a heavy downpour that hampered firemen seriously the Coliseum Theatre and Coliseum Apartments burn in a $130,000 fire that at one time threatened the entire downtown section of Alaska's capital and left 26 families homeless. No loss of life was reported.