Historic movie palaces / Marquette
Delft Theatre
Closed – archive entry · 1914–2012
Downtown Marquette's 1914 theater opened with 650 seats, later split into five screens while keeping its original marquee, and closed in 2012; today it houses the Delft Bistro, with screenings in its Marquee Room.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1914
- Closed
- 2012
- Architect
- Lawrence Monberg (1940 remodel), Monberg & Wagner
- Seats
- 650
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
The Delft opened in downtown Marquette in 1914 as a 650-seat single-screen theater. Chicago architect Lawrence Monberg, of Monberg & Wagner, remodeled it in 1940. It was later split into five screens while keeping its original marquee. Delft Theaters, GKC and finally Carmike ran it, and it closed as a cinema in 2012. The building now houses the Delft Bistro, whose Marquee Room is a screening venue of the Fresh Coast Film Festival.
- Opened in 1914 with 650 seats
- Five screens behind the original marquee
- Now the Delft Bistro, with screenings
Plan your visit
It hasn't been a cinema since 2012, but the building on West Washington Street now houses the Delft Bistro. To catch a film there, watch the Fresh Coast Film Festival lineup, which uses the Marquee Room as a screening venue.
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Back to cinemas ↗Film festivals / Marquette
Fresh Coast Film Festival
Documentaries about the water, the outdoors and the grit of the Great Lakes, screened in Marquette on Lake Superior right at peak fall color. The 10th edition runs October 15-18, 2026: 94 films in 10 venues.
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