Comments about Ohio Theatre in Toledo, OH

Tinseltoes on May 4, 2013 at 7:01 am

Re-opens after years of renovation: 13abc

wcjfrisk on April 15, 2011 at 8:02 pm

The architectural firm was a local one named Stophlet & Stophlet. The Ohio was the only theatre they designed. It is another stadium style built on a lot which is not square, so the stage and the lobby are triangular in shape with a very small wall on the short side.

Bill Eichelberger on July 23, 2010 at 1:46 pm

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stevepatrick on February 8, 2010 at 8:34 pm

EvanC,
Any updates on The Ohio Theater in Toledo? From what I have read it appears the non-profit group that ran the theater sold it to a developer who is going to renovate the place then sell it back to them. Is this the case? Do you have a contact for the person who heads this non-profit group? Thanks for any info you can share.
Kind Regards,
stevepatrick

lostmemory on July 31, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Here is an opening ad for the Ohio Theater.

ToledoCalifornia on June 27, 2008 at 2:30 pm

Evan;
This is Mike Young in San Diego. How did the Ohio Theater facade crisis turn out. Also… I notice on this list a few Toledo theaters are missing, but then maybe they don’t qualify: The 1909 (?) Opera House in the Collingwood Arts Center, the i925(?)Shakespeare Theater at the Toledo Zoo, the stunning 1933 Peristyle at the Toledo Museum of Art, the Franscian Art Center (Sylvania), and the Stranahan Center on Heatherdowns Boulevard.

EvanC on October 17, 2007 at 7:18 am

The photo submitted by Chuck1231 is definitely NOT the Ohio Theatre in Toledo. As a Toledo resident and theatre historian, the theatre pictured is the old Hollywood Theatre on Stickney Avenue.

Update on Ohio Theatre: The facade is the only part of the building in question at this time. City inspection department ordered the front sidewalk barricaded as a precaution. Evaluation is underway to address all issues.

The earlier view of LaGrange & Central Avenues showing the Ohio Theatre’s original marquee dates from the 1920s—the building under construction was a bank—now serves as both a drugstore and coffee house.

Joe Vogel on October 13, 2007 at 6:09 pm

The 1965 photo linked by Chuck1231 on March 23, 2006, doesn’t appear to be Toledo’s Ohio Theatre, which looked like this when it was running Elvis Presley’s 1967 movie, “Easy Come, Easy Go”. They’re obviously two different buildings, but I’ve been unable to find the location of Chuck1231’s Ohio Theatre.

Here’s another, earlier view of LaGrange Street and the Ohio Theatre.

lostmemory on July 29, 2007 at 11:22 am

This is another link. LOL

Its an undated photo of the Ohio Theater.

kencmcintyre on May 20, 2006 at 6:30 pm

I’ll work on that.

lostmemory on May 20, 2006 at 12:09 pm

“Here is another link:” A link to WHAT? Is it too difficult to write “Here is a link to a photo or Here is a link to an article? Can you be a anymore vague?

kencmcintyre on May 20, 2006 at 9:24 am

Here is another link:
http://tinyurl.com/gej3z