Empress Theatre
416 Ninth Street NW,
Washington,
DC
416 Ninth Street NW,
Washington,
DC
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The Empress opened in 1910 for motion pictures and was completely renovated in 1915.
The theater lasted until 1945.
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The Architect for the Empress Thetre was B. Frank Meyers.
This entire block is now a mall – see my comment on the Strand. This theater should be listed as DEMOLISHED.
This is a larger version of the photo at the top right side of this page. The date given for the photo is July, 1939.
The theater’s sale in November 1920 was noted by the Washington Post:
SALE OF EMPRESS THEATER.
Office of William K. Ellis Reports Transactions Totaling $100,000.
Transactions said to Involve considerations totaling approximately $100,000 are reported from the office of William K. Ellis. The Empress Theater, 416 Ninth Street Northwest, was sold to Marcus Notes who opened this theater as one of the first moving picture houses in Washington in 1909. Arthur Jordan was the former owner.
Here is a photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/l3qoks
Why isn’t the link pointing to the LOC website?
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8374?size=_original
1922 Photo
Nice vintage photos.