AMC Barn 5

The Barn cinema WAS built by Budco theatres which also ran the County theatre. Both of these theatre were in Doylestown, Pa. One in the boro and the other in the twp. Budco Theatres owned,operated and managed both D-I's and hardtops in the Tri state area.(Pa. N.J. Del.) Budco bought the goldman chain out of Phila. increasing the number of theatres.Some of the theatres on the list are: 309 D-I, Bucks co. D-I, Mainline D-I, 202 D-I, Family D-I, Exton D-i, Airport D-I, 61st D-I, I worked for this chain as a manager and a dist. manager and opened this theatre. rg

You are correct, I was mistaken. The Budco Doylestown Barn Cinema was the first Twin theatre ever in Bucks County.

My name is Mitchel Abramowitz. I was the architect for the original Barn Cinema as well as for many others for Budco Theatres. Those included the original 309 Cinema, Cinema I, Springfield, Del. Co. Cinema 141 in Prices Corner, Del. twin theatres in Plymouth Meeting, Tampa, FL, North Palm Beach, FL, several in New Jersey. The Barn was built by John Kapusta. It was originally built as a single screen. A second screen was added which was called the Silo. Subsequent additions and alterations resulted in a five screen complex. With the advent of stadium seating, all the old theatres were closed and except for the 309 Cinema, many were demolished.

Mr. Abromwitz, maybe you would be kind enough to "add theater" on thiw website for those theaters you designed that aren't here (determine if not here by google theater name town & cinema treasures or by looking in Theater Guide) and describing those theaters as you did for this one.

If you have blueprints, photographs, etc. then the Theatre Historical Society of America would be interested in a donation (and you could get a tax deduction).

As you know, these cinemas are our history, and people enjoyed them and fondly recall them.

If anyone knows, but how far back did the back wall of "The Silo" (aka Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #4/5) and the addition that became Barn Cinema #1 go to in relation to the original back wall of "The Barn Cinema" (aka Doylestown Barn Cinema-Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #2/3)?