Cinema Plaza
240 Route 202 North,
Flemington,
NJ
08648
240 Route 202 North,
Flemington,
NJ
08648
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This theatre was built as a dairy barn in the 1920’s and it continued in this capacity through 1965. In 1966 the property was converted to a Chevrolet dealership and continued as such through 1981.
In 1981 Dick Nathan of Nathan Theatres bought the property to replace the aging Hunterdon Theatre (single screen) nearby. He converted the new-car showroom and former milking barn into retail stores and a five-screen movie theatre. A sixth screen was added in 1992 in what was the old hay loft. The original farmhouse still stands at the back of the property. The theatre is the only one in Hunterdon County, NJ and was slated for replacement in 2006 by AmericanPlace Movies.
The Cinema Plaza was closed on March 27, 2011, and was demolished in May 2011. A CVS Pharmacy now stands on the site.
Contributed by
John Monsport
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when is he new theater going to be ready?
Any updates on the New Theater? I noticed the website talks about a Sparta Cinema… it that the only plans for the future?
It looks like the plans to build a new theater to replace the Cinema Plaza are coming to nought; the owner shopping center in which this theater is located wants to demolish it and rebuild, and the theater operator wants to build the new theater at a different location; story here: View link
Latest update on demolition plan:
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Looks like this is going to be hot news with frequent updates.
Just drove past the theater today. Sign on marquee says “Closes Sunday”.
Here is an article about the closing: View link
John, I felt silly when I saw that you posted the closeing here.
Here the caption for a FB pic. that I uploaded today:
4/1/11-Cinema Plaza, Flemington, NJ-this was the last movie theater in Hunterdon County until it closed last Sunday. In Nov., 2007, I was stopped at this intersection with my kids in our old Suburban. We were on our way to the theater. A higher force stopped me at a green light. That saved me from being broadsided ( and probably killed ) by a speeding SUV running the red light on Rt. 202. I, also, now work at this same intersection during the tax season.
Sadly I also spotted the closure of this multiplex during my frequent drives through Flemington on US Highway 202. I remember the building as a car dealership in the 1970’s. The solitary film I ever saw at this theater was ET. I did not realize until reading the contributions to this site that cinema was once owned by Richard Nathan. My first real employer (outside of the paper route I had as a kid) was a Nathan owned theater in Berkeley Heights, NJ. If I still resided in the area I would have gone to this cinema for more than a solitary film. Unfortunately for the past 30 years it has been not much than a landmark along my lengthy commute. The numerous times I have driven past I noted that the cinema always screened movies immediately after their release.
Passed by today. They have begun to tear down the building, starting in the back where the DMV office once was.