Leona Theater
232 E. 8th Avenue,
Homestead,
PA
15210
232 E. 8th Avenue,
Homestead,
PA
15210
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Architect of the Stahl Theatre was Victor A. Rigaumont, who used a plain, contemporary style that would not detract from the screen or stage offerings.
On 12/28/77 The Leona was to be the first venue in the USA to welcome the Sex Pistols on their first, and last, US tour.
the Elite was on 9th ave, and Stahl was the original name of the leona theater…
1972 photo of the Leona Theater.
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1982 photo of the Leona Theatre.
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Here is an item about the theater re-opening on 12/25/53 with a a Cinemascope screen
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We believe that there are two possibilities, The Stahl and The Elite. These theatres were connected to each other. They shared one ticket office and then one went to the right and one went to the left.
Does anybody know a theatre that used to be located further down from the Leona at 406 E 8th Avenue? My dad told me his dad remembered a theatre that used to be there that would show silent movies.
There was a Journey Infinity Tour which included the Leona Theater on Mar. 12, 1978. That could be the year that the photo was taken.
If you look closely at the picture I had posted earlier the marquee is for a concert by Journey. I’m guessing it was taken in the late 70s.
The Philadelphia Architects and Buildings website gives a build date of 1913 for the Leona Theater.
Feel free to nit-pick. LOL
The information about the 1966 closing came from this link. It should be on page seven. I don’t know how accurate this information is.
The Leona Theater had to have been open after 1966. I have a video clip my father and his friends made when they were in high school, and they were riding past the theater and the movie advertised was called The Night Of The Generals which came out in 1967. (I know I’m being nit-picky!):)
Hi, I’m new to the group, what a great site!
I’ve been searching for photos of the Leona for years, does anyone have any other shots or perhaps a copy of the short film, Leona: Portrait of a Picture Palace?
Thanks
Hi, I’m new to the group, what a great site!
I’ve been searching for photos of the Leona for years, does anyone have any other shots or perhaps a copy of the short film, Leona: Portrait of a Picture Palace?
Thanks
I think a Crossroads Mimi Mart is in that location now.
I read the same thing about the mini mall. I just can’t seem to imagine that in that location.
“During the year of 1980 a plan was devised to turn the Leona Theater, which closed in 1966, into a $2.5 million redevelopment site. Owners wanted to turn the site into a mini shopping mall, with exclusive shops and restaurants. Also they wanted to include a health club as well as forty deluxe apartments. This new site was to be named the Leona Shops and Apartments. The plan failed to ever go through probably because of the high cost of redevelopment, as well as it didn’t really comply to what the people of Homestead needed”.
A Barton theater organ was removed from this theater in 1975. This website has photos of that organ and its current location. Click on each photo to expand it.
Here is a picture of the Leona.
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