Savoy Theater

1211 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Savoy Theatre 1211 Market St

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The Savoy Theater opened around 1908. It was remodeled around 1940 by architect William H. Lee. The Savoy Theater closed in 1948. About two years later the theater was converted to a store.

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RickB
RickB on January 28, 2005 at 9:41 am

This can be made Closed/Demolished—the north side of the 1200 block of Market Street was cleared by the early ‘90s to make way for a Marriott hotel as part of the Convention Center project.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 28, 2005 at 10:14 am

Thanks for the update on the building Rick. The architect for the Savoy is listed as William Harold Lee. There is a small photo of the Savoy here:
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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 16, 2006 at 6:18 pm

Here is a 1935 photo. The blurs are pedestrians:
http://tinyurl.com/mtohb

This is a 1930 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ov763

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 25, 2007 at 10:14 am

An Austin theater organ opus 716 size 2/18 was installed in the Savoy Theater in 1917.

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