Ohio Theatre
655-657 S. Fourth Street,
Louisville,
KY
40202
655-657 S. Fourth Street,
Louisville,
KY
40202
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The Art Deco style Ohio Theatre opened during 1941. Seating was listed at 900. It was located next door to the larger Kentucky Theatre. The Ohio Theatre closed as a motion picture venue in 1965.
The facade and marquee of the building are all that remain of this theatre today, along with its large “Ohio” vertical sign. Part of the storefront portion of the theater building still exists, as well. Unfortunately, the remainder of the Ohio Theatre was demolished.
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Chuck
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The only remaining part of this theater is the marquee and the vertical OHIO. The signs rest on a very small storefront, and the building is small enough to serve as an island for Louisville’s free downtown trolley service. The south side of the building has a trompe d'oeil marquee painted on it, hawking ‘Intolerance’ by D.W. Griffith, a native Louisvillian.
Here is a recent photo of what remains of the Ohio Theater.
Recent photos of this theatre are HERE
Here is another view:
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1983 photo of the Ohio Theatre verticle.
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Another 1983 photo showing the front of the theatre and marquee.
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1986 when it was a Ice Cream Shop. Lo0oks like they did a pretty good job restoring the marquee.
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Didn’t know which theatre to post this to so putting it on the Ohio. 1986 photo showing the Ohio, Kentucky and the Palace in the back.
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Another 1986 photo is here.
This theater was built in 1941.
Photo of the front of the former Ohio Theatre.
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Here is my picture from November 2010.