Artistic Theater

224 Elk Street,
Buffalo, NY 14210

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The Elk Theater opened in 1915 at 224 Elk Street (originally 824 Elk Street before the street was renumbered at some point). The theater was a concrete block structure costing $5,000 to construct. It remained open until 1918, closed and was open again from 1923 until 1926.

It reopened once again in 1931 as the Artistic Theater operating as a second run house. It closed for good in 1951. It was a motor repair shop in the 1980s.

Contributed by alan lapp

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 31, 2008 at 5:15 pm

Here is a photo from Google maps:
http://tinyurl.com/5cejbt

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 31, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Here is the current listing. Function should be machine shop, if we have that category:
http://tinyurl.com/5q7otv

lostmemory
lostmemory on July 31, 2008 at 6:52 pm

The building in the Google photo looks like the building in this photo.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 31, 2008 at 6:59 pm

It’s an architectural masterpiece.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 6, 2008 at 5:01 pm

Here is another photo.

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