Erie Theater
277 State Street,
Schenectady,
NY
12305
277 State Street,
Schenectady,
NY
12305
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The Erie Theater was located adjacent to the State Theater.
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Greg Cummings
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The Erie was the original Proctor’s. The ‘new’ Proctor’s, around the corner on State St. replaced it in 1926. At that time, it became the Erie, and was later named the Wedgeway. It was adjacent to the State, but not attached to it.
I forgot to add that the Erie/Wedgeway was located behind the State’s stagehouse on Erie Boulevard, not State St.
This is listed in the 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory as Proctor’s Theatre, State Street, Schenectady, NY.
The 1941 Film Daily Yearbook has it listed as the Erie Theater, 1,104 seats and the same in the 1943 edition, but listed as ‘Closed’. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives the Erie Theater an address;277 State Street with a seating capacity of 1,172.