Lorain Palace Civic Center
617 Broadway Avenue,
Lorain,
OH
44052
617 Broadway Avenue,
Lorain,
OH
44052
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This link has already been posted 3 years ago. This theater is now known as the Lorain Palace Civic Center. Its address is 617 Broadway Lorain Ohio, 44052. Click on the history tab at the top of the page for some background.
In the summer of 1972, I played piano for a musical revue in the Golden Palace at Cedar Point (just down the road). Upon discovering the Palace Lorain still had it’s original WurliTzer, I got permission from the theatre manager to play it. She was delighted and invited our little cast of 6 singers and dancers for a tour. It wasn’t long before we made the short trek and the then tired and dirty Palace Theatre cast it’s spell by inspiring an impromptu performance of “Once Upon A Time They Called It Broadway” on that enormous stage, accompanied by the organ, to that acre of empty seats. The standing ovation of one, lone theatre manager was gratefully appreciated.
And it was magic!
This is a 2007 photo of the Lorain Palace Civic Center.
The link above stopped working so this is a different photo of the Palace Theater.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1858 style 220 was installed in the Palace Theater in Lorain, Ohio on 3/14/1928. Status: The organ still exists and is playable.
Here are some interior photos. Click each photo to expand it.
The Palace was a theater I went to oftimes in the 60’s, and into the 70’s, along with the Dreamland, Ohio, and Tivoli…I saw “Yellow Submarine”, “Jason and the Argonauts”, “The Raven”, and many other wonderful movies there.
The Palace has a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling; I recall sitting under it, ONCE…I couldn’t even enjoy the movie, all I could think about was, “What if that thing falls?” Here it is….
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This a 2008 exterior view.
Another interior photo is here.
1977 night photo of the Palace Theatre.
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1983 photo of the Palace Theatre.
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