Boyd Art Theatre
800 Welsh Street,
Chester,
PA
19013
800 Welsh Street,
Chester,
PA
19013
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The Boyd Theatre opened on Thanksgiving Day (November 28), 1935 with Will Rogers in “Judge Priest.”
The Boyd Theater closed in 1979 and was sold for $37,500 on January 27, 1991.
Contributed by
George Quirk
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Same photos, only larger, at this site:
http://www.oldchesterpa.com/theatres_boyd.htm
The Boyd was a church as of 1994, as was the Roxy in Chester.
This article from the Delaware County Daily Times dated 7/10/70 announced the closing of the Boyd:
http://tinyurl.com/3c262d
http://tinyurl.com/33t9ec
The 1963 motion picture almanac lists A.R. Boyd Theaters, 1530 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, as operators of the Boyd in Chester. A.R. Boyd, president, also operated the Boyd in Allentown, the Boyd and College in Bethlehem, the Boyd in Easton and the Boyd in Lancaster. His apparent megalomania brings to mind the words of Ozymandias, “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair”.
Here is a photo of the church and their address is:
800 Welsh Street
Chester, PA 19013
Here is a November 1928 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/mver9b
What would the source be for that photo?
i work with someone who claims that pornos were last being shown here in 78/79 before closing…
This opened on November 28th, 1934. The grand opening ad can be found in the photo section for this theatre.
Yeah. alot of porn played here in the 70’s.