Pastime Theater
538 Main Street,
Coshocton,
OH
43812
538 Main Street,
Coshocton,
OH
43812
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The Pastime Theater has been undergoing off and on renovations now for several years. It is a former vaudeville house dating to 1912.
The Pastime Theater was operated by Armstrong Theaters in the 1960’s and 1970’s. After they opened the Plaza Cinema, Armstrong operated the Pastime Theater as a dollar house in 1974 and 1975. It never had air conditioning; big fans in pipe chambers cooled it in summer. Managed for many years by Jim Hale.
A balcony has been added, so seating capacity will increase if the theater reopens. The stage area has been enlarged. The Pastime Theater had an organ, but do not know status.
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Walter Kussmaul
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It’s possible that the Pastime originally had a Wurlitzer photoplayer to accompany the silent films. This particular photoplayer still survives in a large mechanical musical instrument collection in the Midwest.
The organ was a 1915 style K Wurlitzer photoplayer. This site has some information.
19979 photo of the Pastime Theatre.
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1983 photo of the building that once housed the Pastime Theatre.
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The building was purchased on 10/29/10 by Moon Property Management for $109,400 in back taxes. According to a Coshocton Tribune article of the same date, Mr. Moon plans to complete the project with help from the community.
The NRHP nomination form for the Moreland Theatre in Cleveland lists the Pastime Theatre in Coshocton as one of five theaters designed by the Moreland’s architects, Sigmund Braverman and Kurt Havermaet.