The Canton Theatre opened in 1911 and showed silent films. It was renamed “The Bonita” in the 1920s and renamed again “The Haven.” In the late 1930s, the Martin-Thompson Theatre Company acquired it, remodeling it in the Art Deco style and restoring its original name. After several years as a successful movie house, the theater closed in the 1970s. The town of Canton acquired the theater and reopened it in the 2000s.