Capitol Theatre
75 Main Street West,
Rochester,
NY
14614
75 Main Street West,
Rochester,
NY
14614
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The links don’t seem to work. Could someone please update so the pictures were available again? Thanks.
I used to go there on Saturdays since they showed 3 Stooges movies as an add on to the show. When I left there I would go around the corner to Plymouth Ave & the Grand Theatre and see 2 More movies. Admission was 16 cents for kids back then!!!!!
I used to see that theatre when I was on to piano lessons at Hochsien around the corner. I think the auditorium was knocked down and just the front was there in the 1980’s.
Good find. That confirms what Warren posted in the first comment. A Kimball theater organ was installed in Fay’s Theater in 1925.
The caption for this early twenties photo states that the theater was then Fay’s Vaudeville. Address was 75 Main Street West:
http://tinyurl.com/ytmoz7
Here is a photo from the Rochester Archives. The Capitol is visible on the right side of the photo:
http://tinyurl.com/32fwpc
Could the original name have been Fays? The 1926 FDYB lists Fays with 1500 seats and an address of only W. Main Street (no specific #). There is also an Empire at 282 S. Main St., and a Rialto at 197 Main St. There is no Capitol listed for Rochester in the 1926 FDYB.