Liberty Theater (Crest Theater)

Address
Council Bluffs, IA 51501

(Moved from a theater in Kansas - see story below.)
Builder: Kimball Organ Co., 1922.
Manuals: 3
Ranks: 18
Action: Electro-pneumatic

Notes: Organ relocated from Kansas the Doric Theater in Kansas City, MO in 1922, without any change. Identified by William Dunklin. Opened as the Liberty Theater prior to 1922. It was still operating as the Liberty Theater in 1957. Later renamed Crest Theater, it was operated as an adult movie theater in the 1970’s. It was closed after an arson attack on February 20, 1973. The remains of the theater were demolished in the 1980’s..

Organ Historical Society as of 2013.