New Family Theater
102 Main Street,
Mount Morris,
NY
14510
102 Main Street,
Mount Morris,
NY
14510
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The Familiy Theatre was operating prior to 1941 when it was part of the small Martina Circuit. After closing in 1980, the theater was run down and in need of some serious work. It was owned by the village of Mount Morris since 1984. It was listed on the National Historic Sites registry on August 1, 1997.
Attempts were made at restoration but no real momentum was built. The New Family Theatre was demolished, apart from the facade.
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Has any attempts at restoration been started, of late? I plan to visit Mount Morris NY this spring after going to see another DeAngelis designed theatre, the Strand/Brockport NY.
The theater has been demolished. The facade was still standing the last time I was in Mount Morris.
Bob: A theatre friend confirmed this.
The village bought the theater 20 years ago, a big mistake, as they never spent anything to maintain it. A state building inspector came to check it out so the village could get state funding and he fell thru the floor. It cost the New York state tax payers over 400 thousand dollars to tear it down. The facade was saved and a new structure is being built behind it for office or retail space.
I have told by a fellow CT member who lives near that theatre that the facade was saved.
Will be going to Mt. Morris on Sunday and hope to see at least the facade of this DeAngelis designed theatre.
A photo from last week:
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Interesting that you were last week. I was there in October. Spoke to some locals about the restored ‘facade only’ restoration.
C. V. Martina was operating a house in Mount Morris called the Family Theatre at least as early as 1930, when it was mentioned in the Nunda, New York News on December 30. The New Family Theatre could have been either a replacement theater, or the old Family Theatre remodeled.
I haven’t been to Mount Morris in the past year, but would like to return to see if the theatre is now “just a facade”! So many of these small towns across America that had small theatres have them no more.