Businesses - Entertainment

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Business

Location

Year(s)

Notes

Apollo Theatre [the Cullen building] ? - 1919 - 1927 - ? vaudeville, motion pictures & theatrical specialties; James Zanias, proprietor
Beverly Theatre 17 S. Main 1916 - 1919 - ? movie theater
Bowen, Z. O. ----- ? - 1911 - ? mystic & fortune teller
Chappelle's (Eddie) Studios ----- ? - 1925 - ? teacher of banjo, mandolin, ukulele
Clinton (W. E.) & Co. ----- ? - 1919 - ? bookbinders, blank book makers, loose leaf ledgers, supplies
Daverkosen, Harry (Prof.) ----- ? - 1911 - 1912 - ? mystic & fortune teller
Dearborn & Co. ----- ? - 1866 - ? bookstore & bindery
Diehls' ---- ? - 1919 - ? music store; became Diehls & Drummond Co.
Diehls-Drummond Co. 26-28 W. Milwaukee St. ? - 1925 - 1927 - ?
music & gifts; previosuly Diehls'
Hatch, Geo. L. (Prof.) Terpsichorean Hall ? - 1919 - ? dance instructor
Jeffris Theatre ----- ? - 1927 - ? photoplays & vaudeville
Koebelin's 108 E. Milwaukee ? - 1919 - ? jewelry & music merchant
Kuhlow's Music Store 52 S. Main ? - 1925 - ? B. W. Kuehlow, mgr.; pianos, player pianos
Lyric Theater 113 W. Milwaukee 1908 - ? James Zanias, proprietor
Majestic Theater W. Milwaukee St. 1909 - ? nickoledeon movie theater
Moseley & Bro. ----- ? - 1866 - ? bookstore
Myer's Opera House/Theater ----- 1870 - 1977 opera house; theater; see the Rock County Historical Society website for more information (under Online Exhibits)
roller rink S. River St. 1885 - ? built by Capt. Pliny Norcross, F. C. Cook & others
Royal Theater W. Milwaukee St. 1909 - ? nickoledeon movie theater
Skelly's Book Store 107 W. Milwaukee St. ? - 1919 - ? books; school supplies
Sutherland (J.) & Co. 102-4 N. Atwood Ave. 1848 - 1927 - ? books, stationery, paper hangings, etc.; in 1908, it was listed as the oldest surviving bookstore in the state
12 S. Main St.
Tropical Finland Pet Shop 2505 Woodlane Dr. 1958 - 1985 - ? pet supplies
Unique Theater W. Milwaukee St. 1909 - ? nickoledeon movie theater
Weirick, H. A. 107 W. Milwaukee St. ? - 1925 - 1927 - ? books, school supplies
Wilson, D. D. ----- ? - 1866 - ? music store
Wisconsin Electric Sales Co. 15 S. Main St. ? - 1925 - 1927 - ? electric supplies & wiring appliances, radios; (D. J. Marcus & F. W. Kennedy, props., 1925)
Wright, E. L. ----- ? - 1866 - ? music store & sewing machines

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