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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Kentucky » Louisville » Ohio Theatre

Ohio Theatre

Louisville, KY
655-657 S. Fourth Street
, Louisville, KY 40202 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Deco
Function: Unknown
Seats: 600
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Art Deco style Ohio Theatre opened during 1941. Seating was listed at 900. It was located next door to the larger Kentucky Theatre. The Ohio Theatre closed as a motion picture venue in 1965.

The facade and marquee of the building are all that remain of this theatre today, along with its large "Ohio" vertical sign. Part of the storefront portion of the theater building still exists, as well. Unfortunately, the remainder of the Ohio Theatre was demolished.
Contributed by Chuck

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Large photo of the Ohio and Kentucky theatres.
http://snipurl.com/ojjg
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 1, 2006 at 6:22pm
Vertical & front facade of the Ohio
http://snipurl.com/ojlz
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 1, 2006 at 7:17pm
Above links don't seem to work so I'm posting this one. Hope its not the same photo. Here is a photo of the Ohio theater in Louisville.

posted by Lost Memory on May 17, 2006 at 3:03pm
LM both links worked for me, but your link is a different shot than either of those that I posted.
posted by Chuck1231 on May 17, 2006 at 3:14pm
Hi Chuck....When I click either of those links, I get this message:

"Sign in to Flickr using
your flickr.com account
Or, take the Flickr pill if:
You signed up for Flickr before August 15, 2005. (You must be old skool. Rock On.)

You haven't merged your Flickr account with a Yahoo! ID. (You might want to bookmark this.)

You have a Flickr account, but don't use Yahoo!".

I have no idea what that means. I thought they were trying to sell me something. :)

posted by Lost Memory on May 17, 2006 at 3:21pm
LM try these links and see if they work.
http//www.flickr.com/photos/thetodd/20921923
that is a photo of the vertical and front facade of the Ohio
http//www.flicke.com/photos/thetodd/20921293
posted by Chuck1231 on May 17, 2006 at 6:12pm
should hae dropped the http//
www.flickr.com/photos/thetodd/20921923
the second one
www/flicke.com/photos/thetodd/29021293
posted by Chuck1231 on May 17, 2006 at 6:14pm
second one
www/flickr.com/photos/thetodd/20921293
posted by Chuck1231 on May 17, 2006 at 6:15pm
looks like most of the building has been demolished and just part of the facade remains
posted by woody on May 18, 2006 at 1:07am
Chuck....The first link that you reposted works fine, but the second one doesn't. Its not a problem because you can access the other photos from the first link.

posted by Lost Memory on May 18, 2006 at 3:24am
The only remaining part of this theater is the marquee and the vertical OHIO. The signs rest on a very small storefront, and the building is small enough to serve as an island for Louisville's free downtown trolley service. The south side of the building has a trompe d'oeil marquee painted on it, hawking 'Intolerance' by D.W. Griffith, a native Louisvillian.
posted by loutheatres on Oct 16, 2006 at 4:56pm
Here is a recent photo of what remains of the Ohio Theater.


posted by Lost Memory on May 29, 2007 at 7:26am
Recent photos of this theatre are HERE
posted by BWChicago on Oct 7, 2007 at 11:57am
Here is another view:
http://tinyurl.com/cfre46
posted by ken mc on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:05pm
1983 photo of the Ohio Theatre verticle.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c17%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=16&ProductID=27748
Another 1983 photo showing the front of the theatre and marquee.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c17%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=16&ProductID=27749
1986 when it was a Ice Cream Shop. Lo0oks like they did a pretty good job restoring the marquee.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c17%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=16&ProductID=27751
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:34pm
Didn't know which theatre to post this to so putting it on the Ohio. 1986 photo showing the Ohio, Kentucky and the Palace in the back.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c17%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=17&ProductID=27752
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:36pm
Another 1986 photo is here.

posted by Lost Memory on May 19, 2009 at 7:42am
This theater was built in 1941.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 13, 2009 at 9:19am
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