Coyle Theater
311 McKean Avenue,
Charleroi,
PA
15022
311 McKean Avenue,
Charleroi,
PA
15022
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It was a quaint little theater where you went in the Monongahela valley to see a movie if you didn’t feel like driving 25 miles to the nearest larger theaters in Greensburg, Uniontown or West Mifflin.
There is currently a crusade underway to help restore the theater by the Mid Mon Valley Cultural Trust. First they must raise $65,000 to own the building and then anticipate a cost of at least $2 million to restore it. They would like to have live shows and movies take place there as well as have a community cultural center.
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1979 Photo
Here is a recent photo.
The COYLE and STATE were both managed by Lou Gadetti until the first (1981) closing. I talked to him shortly before his death. I was asking if he knew anything about the Charleroi STAR, LYRIC, or STRAND. He thought the STAR was on Washington. I know one of them was in the extant building at the alley between McKean and Fallowfield on 5th. It is triple wide, now three separate storerooms. My comment above on COYLE air conditioning should read 1937.
This is a nice close-up shot from 2008.
A 2009 photo can be seen here.
Here is a night shot from 1984:
http://tinyurl.com/y5ba6r3
I am interested in learning more about the Mid-Mon Valley Cultural Trust but am having difficulty finding contact information, etc. If anyone can direct me, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
If you move the curser on down the street their is a good google streetview of the theatre, it is on the left side of the street.
we must get a movie thater back to the mid mon valley
now
WE in mid mon valley has lost so much that it for great to have a movie theatre in the valley would great thing for are young people