Keith's Theatre
525 Walnut Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
525 Walnut Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
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Located on the corner of 5th Street East and Walnut Street.
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Keith’s Theater Walnut St. Cincinnati,ohio was demolished in the 1960’s to make way for the new Fountain Square developement.Originally built inthe 1880'sit was known as the FOUNTAIN SQUARE THEATER and was located up an alley on Fountain .Sq . In 1909 the theater was renamed Columbia and was gutted and the stage moved toinside fountain square and the entrance was established on Walnut St. for better foottraffic notice. In 1910the Columbia became B>F>KEITH’s and remained KEITH’s until 1921when it was rebuilt as an 18 story office building and theater by Chicago archicts Rapp&Rapp .
Here is a 1920 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/zkwva
thanks for the Keith’s image Ken.
Hi Ron Concerning the three theaters located on the B.F.Keiths Walnut St. Cincinnati,Ohio site they were in order the Fountain Square Th. by Architect Mc Laughlin Nov. 1892 till 1899,then The Columbia Th. by Architect J.M.Wood 1899 until 1909, then B.F.Keith’s 1910 until 1921. In 1921 famed Architects Rapp&Rapp of Chicago built Keith’s office building and Keith’s Theater which lasted until 1964 when both were torndown to create our present public space known as Fountain Square.
Thanks, Hank.Sykes, for answering my post of late-Sept. which somehow got deleted when this Page was updated. I wanted further details about Keith’s Theatre being one in the same as the previous Columbia/ Fountain Square theatres, although drastically remodeled and rebuilt.
This is a postcard view of Keith’s Theater.
Address
525 Walnut St.
Cincinnati, Oh. 45202
Address needs to be updated.
Curious thing about the B.F.Keiths Cincinnati venue it never became an R K O house. Twas always and remained an independent house even though it was originally part of a parent Keith/Albee chain as was the Albee Th. here. Even when Radio Keith Orpheum boughtout the local Ike Libson chain in 1930. So from start until 1965 this movie house remained an independent operation.