Loew's Aldine Theatre
808 N. Market Street,
Wilmington,
DE
19801
808 N. Market Street,
Wilmington,
DE
19801
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Thanks for finding the exact address of the Aldine theater Ken. The site where I found the info on the Aldine listed the whole entertainment complex as 818 N Market St.
According to research by Craig Morrison and Irv Glazer the Aldine Theatre was built by Warner and designed by Thomas W. Lamb. It was built around 1921 and traded to Loew’s and reopened as Loew’s Aldine on October 2, 1941. It closed late 1970.
Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1985
Aldine Theater (added 1985 – Building – #85003571)
806—810 N. Market St., Wilmington
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Beaux Arts, Other
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function: Specialty Store
My family has it that my aunt, Emily Allegretto, was Miss Loew’s Aldine of Wilmington De. The year would have been approx. 1943. (the year before I was born.) The theater has since been demolished. As the story goes, my aunt could have had a lucrative Hollywood contract based on this pagent win—but she declined.
Perhaps someone out there has some information on this particular Loew’s beauty pagent. Thanks, Buzz
The Loew’s marquee can be seen in this photo, circa 1950s:
http://tinyurl.com/5l9qmt
More photos of the Aldine are on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/n5hdjh
Nice shots
Can anyone give me info on the Cinemart on Gov Prinz? I can’t find any info anywhere, but, I stop to look at it every time I’m in the area. What a mystery. The only thing I can tell is that I was built in the 60’s due to the chandelier and font on the front sign.
Seems like a tiny theatre,but hardly with some 1800 seats. I have seen nicer looking Loew’s Theatres.
What happened to the introduction?