Palace Theatre
518 McKean Avenue,
Charleroi,
PA
15022
518 McKean Avenue,
Charleroi,
PA
15022
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The Palace Theatre was opened in 1905. It was closed in 1961.
Contributed by
Billy Holcomb / Billy Smith / Don Lewis
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PLEASE ADD TO ADDRESS:
518 McKEAN AVENUE
SEATS:
500
A quote from a June 1995 photo of a plaque on the building by John Lewis:
“PALACE THEATER
1905 1961
FOURTH MOVING PICTURE
THEATER IN THE NATION
OPERATED ON THIS SITE BY
R.L. BARNHART
AND HIS GRANSON
ROBERT KEASER
CHARLEROI AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY”
Need more info and photos.
A postcard view of the Palace Theatre in Charleroi.
From the early 1900s a postcard view of the Palace Theatre “shown by its own illumination” in Charleroi.
Thanks for posting Don.
The Palace Theatre building is now occupied by Dee’s, a record and video store that also sells Cricket Wireless services.
I have a picture of the Palace Theater, the fourth motion picture theater in the United States. How do I add it in here? It was in a copy of the Valley Independent newspaper.
Click on the “Photos” button between “Overview” and “Comments” above.
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