Capitol Theatre

722-24 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106

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The Capitol Theatre opened in 1919 with a seating listed at 562. Paul Henon is listed as the architect. After the theatre closed in 1954 it was converted to retail use. It was an Army-Navy Store and later converted to M & H Sports.

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lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2007 at 4:19 am

A Kimball theater organ size 2/7 was installed in the Capitol Theater in 1919.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 16, 2008 at 7:21 am

Here is a 1921 photo from the PAB site, specifically from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/2jes6e

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 16, 2008 at 7:26 am

Additional photos can be found here.

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