New Family Theater
102 Main Street,
Mount Morris,
NY
14510
102 Main Street,
Mount Morris,
NY
14510
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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.
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.
Interesting that you were last week. I was there in October. Spoke to some locals about the restored ‘facade only’ restoration.
A photo from last week:
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Will be going to Mt. Morris on Sunday and hope to see at least the facade of this DeAngelis designed theatre.
I have told by a fellow CT member who lives near that theatre that the facade was saved.
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.
Bob: A theatre friend confirmed this.
The theater has been demolished. The facade was still standing the last time I was in Mount Morris.
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.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yeakyzn
I see that architect, Michael DeAngelis designed this theatre along with my hometown theatre, the Grand/Westfield NY.
I was in Mount Morris in 2008 and have to say that it is going to take a benefactor with lots of cash to bring the New Family back to life in this quiet little town.
Don…
Hope this theatre is restored before it becomes too late. I am sure it can have many uses to serve the community.
This theatre was placed on the NRHP in 1997.
2008 views of New Family Theater in Mount Morris here, here and here.
Here is another photo of the New Family Theater.
Before ownership passed to the village, the theatre was owned by the same family that owned (still ownes) the Riviera theatre (closed but still standing) in Geneseo, N.Y. The New Family Theatre looks a little worse everytime I passby. Someone told me a portion of the roof has opened but this might be just be a rumor. I know the village had applied for (granted?) state and federal money to improve Main Street and improving the theatre was part of the village’s official plan.
This is a photo of the New Family Theater and here is another.