Garrick Theatre
515 Chestnut Street,
St. Louis,
MO
63101
515 Chestnut Street,
St. Louis,
MO
63101
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The Odeon on Grand was primarily a concert/recital hall which occasionally presented a film. When the Municipal Auditorium (the future Kiel) opened in 1934 and the Symphony moved its concerts there, a policy of movies and stage shows for Black audiences was attempted, but was unsuccessful. A fire in late 1935 led to the building’s condemnation and demolishment.
In 1899 the Garrick’s architect, William Albert Swasey, designed a building for the Masons at 1042 N. Grand Avenue, which included a theater that operated as the Odeon for over thirty years. I’ve been unable to discover if the Odeon ever operated as a movie house, though. Does anybody know? It would have to have been before 1936, the year the building was condemned and demolished following a major fire.
Here is a biographical sketch of W.A. Swasey from the Landmarks Association of St. Louis. It mentions the Garrick as well as the Odeon, but only briefly.
Loews ran it for just over two years strange.
Theatre opened December 26, 1904. (The World’s Fair, incidentally, had closed December 1.)
Thanks Brian, now I know how
JamesGrebe
Click the word ‘Here’. It is a link.
Where is the photo?
JamesGrebe
Here is a May 11, 1949 photo of the Garrick freom the Charles Cushman collection
Architect was W. Albert Swasey.
Loew’s operated as a first-run movie house from January 1919 to February 1921.