Linden Theater
943 Jefferson Avenue,
Buffalo,
NY
14204
943 Jefferson Avenue,
Buffalo,
NY
14204
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A 2 manual/3 rank WurliTzer theatre pipe organ, Opus 661, was shipped to this theater on June 3, 1923.
Nothing is known about the theater or what happened to the organ.
Contributed by
Ret.AKC(NAC) Bob Jensen
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I don’t know the date of this photo, but the Linden was a church when the photo was taken.
Address:
943 Jefferson Ave
Buffalo, NY 14204
This address is listed as a “Religious Institution”, the Greater Refuge Temple. Its also listed as a private school, the Greater Refuge Temple Christian Academy, so maybe its a religious school:
943 Jefferson Avenue Buffalo, NY 14204
(716) 886-2199 Fax: (716) 886-3946
Presbyterian; Grades K-5; Co-Ed
The theater organ list that I’m using gives the following information: A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 661 style 109C was installed in the Linden Theater on 6/30/1923. Status: OK. I assume that OK means the organ is in playable condition “somewhere”.
This theater opened in 1914, as the Linden. It was closed in the late 1920s, re-opening in
1931. In 1933 the name was changed to the Majestic. (There were other Majestic theaters
in Buffalo). The theater had film delivery problems at this time, because it was giving away
groceries, as a promotion, which violated a section of the Motion Picture Code. In 1938
the name was changed again to the Stadium, connected with the Colonial and Columbia
theaters. It closed a year later, only to re-open for a few weeks in 1940 as the Cine Roma.
Finally closing for good that year. The picture posted by Lost Memory was taken in the
mid 1980s.
In 1935 the Majestic Theater on Jefferson Avenue had 450 seats.