Central Theater
271 Central Avenue,
Jersey City,
NJ
07307
271 Central Avenue,
Jersey City,
NJ
07307
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The Central Theater was one of the two neighborhood movie theaters on Central Avenue that lasted until the 1960’s. It was located on the west side of Central Avenue between Hutton Street and Sherman Place.
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The Central Theatre was located at 271 Central Ave. and it seated 1961 people.
On 11/30/1920, a Wurlitzer organ, opus 369, was installed in the “National” Central Theater in Jersey City.
There is a parking lot at this address.
1942 ad, courtesy of Bill Huelbig – see upper right under Warner:
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Still listed in the 1956 FDY as a Warner Theatre.
1959 ad (center) courtesy of Bill Huelbig:
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According to the records of the New York Terra Cotta Company, the Central Theatre was designed by E.C. Horne & Sons. It was opened in 1920.
The July, 1921, issue of Architecture and Building has a brief article about the Central Theatre and a portfolio of several photographs. I now think that E. C. Horne and Sons must have designed only the building the theater was in, as the article identifies the architect of the theater itself to Eugene De Rosa.