Capitol Theater
1400 11th Avenue,
Altoona,
PA
16601
1400 11th Avenue,
Altoona,
PA
16601
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In 1919 Anast N. Notopoulos purchased, rebuilt and opened the Capitol Theater on the corner of Eleventh Avenue and 14th Street in Altoona, PA. Click the link below for a photo of the Capitol Theater. The Capitol is on the left hand side of the photo and on the marquee it reads “Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis”.
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The Capitol must have been the planned theater mentioned in the “Building News” section of the July 24, 1912, issue of The American Architect: “Altoona.-Architect Julian Millard is drawing plans for a theater to be erected for Gamble Bros, on the site of the property at the corner of Eleventh Ave. and Fourteenth St. Cost, $25,000.”
This opened on March 17th, 1921. grand opening ad posted here.
Balcony pictured in this 1929 trade journal: Boxoffice