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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » New Jersey » Trenton » RKO Palace Theater
Also known as Grand Theater

RKO Palace Theater

Trenton, NJ
179 S. Broad Street
, Trenton, NJ 08608 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1138
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Hoffman - Henon Co.
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Listed as open in the 1951 FDY, this theater probably closed in the late 60s or early 70s. It has been demolished and a courthouse was built on the site.

From MikeH's post on the Trenton Strand:

"The last downtown RKO theatre was several blocks further south on Broad (Memory a little faulty here as it could have been Warren St.)

which was called the RKO Palace. It wasn't an important first-run house but it was fairly big and ornate. It also had one of those big marquees. Here again, I don't remember ever having been in this theatre but I could have".
Contributed by tc

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Demolished. You can't see a movie here anymore, but you could see "A Civil Action" or "The Verdict" since Mercer County's civil courthouse is now on the site. (But not "Anatomy of a Murder;" criminal trials are in the next block.)
posted by RickB on Jun 17, 2005 at 1:25am
Had a Moller organ opus 3651 installed in 1923.
posted by TC on Jun 21, 2005 at 7:33am
Original name was the Grand Theatre.
trentonhistory.org
posted by TC on Jul 6, 2005 at 2:15am
"Grand Theatre, (Benjamin Levine & Joseph Levine), 179 S Broad"

listing in the 1920 Trenton City Directory as hosted by trentonhistory.org. I belive that the Levines were the managers.
posted by TC on Jul 6, 2005 at 2:30am
Per philadelphiabuildings.org, architect was Hoffman-Henon Co. They prepared plans on 3/17/1920 for the Stanley Co. of America for a new movie theater (not named) at Broad & Warren Streets.
posted by TC on Aug 3, 2005 at 8:51am
Listed as the Grand Theatre on page 126 of the 1917 Trenton City Directory under "Moving Pictures". Address is given as 181 S. Broad.
By the time the 1923 Trenton City Directory was published, it was called Reade's Palace.
posted by TC on May 29, 2006 at 1:01pm
Broad and Warren Streets do not cross in Trenton.
posted by stillwagon on Jun 27, 2007 at 9:58am
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