Main Street Theatre
37 W. Main Street,
Galeton,
PA
16922
37 W. Main Street,
Galeton,
PA
16922
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The 300-seat Main Street Theatre was opened prior to 1914. The theatre had a unique construction. After you bought a ticket, you would walk down a flight of stairs and then find yourself in the theatre balcony.
The Main Street Theatre was destroyed in a fire in May 1941. It was rebuilt to the plans of architect Michael J. DeAngelis, with an increased seating capacity of 482. It was destroyed by fire a second time in the mid-1970’s.
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I am pretty sure that the theatre building survived into the mid 1970’s when it was destroyed by fire. I was one of teh fireman that responded on a mutual aid call form over 70 miles away. Not quite sure what month it was but I know it was below zero that morning.
The Main Street Theatre must have been destroyed by fire twice if signsell is correct. The June 6, 1941, issue of The Film Daily said that architect Michael J. DeAngelis was preparing plans for rebuilding the Main Street Theatre in Galeton, which had recently destroyed by a fire. The house was definitely rebuilt, as the Main Street was mentioned in the July 9, 1945, issue of the Daily, when the theater was taken over by Lewis Hauser from J. A. Nordquist.
This item from the January 25, 1921, issue of The Moving Picture World indicates that J. A. Nordquist bought the original Main Street Theatre that year:
The 1914-1915 edition of the American Motion Picture Directory lists the Main Street Theatre in Galeton at 37 Main Street. It doesn’t specify East or West, but East Main is lined mostly with old houses while the greatest part of Galeton’s surviving business buildings are on West Main, so 37 W. Main is probably where the theater was.