Mapletown Theatre
15716 Broadway Avenue,
Maple Heights,
OH
44137
15716 Broadway Avenue,
Maple Heights,
OH
44137
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The Mapletown Theatre opened in November 1949, as a neighborhood theatre. It was triplexed in 1985, and the theatre remained open until 2000. It was vacant for a couple of years. A church occupies the building now.
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Toby Radloff
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1982 photo of the Mapletown Box ffice.
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1981 photo of the Mapletown Entrance.
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1982 photo of the Mapletown Theatre.
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Another 1982 photo of the Mapletown Theatre.
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1969 photo of the Mapletwon Theatre.
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This is a 1974 ad. The address given in the ad is 15716 which is also the address for the Word Church.
The Mapletown Theatre was designed by Cleveland architect George Ebeling, and was one of several theaters of his design listed in his obituary in the November 21, 1951, issue of Boxoffice.
The Mapletown was located in a strip shopping center on Broadway. The center set back from the street and had four rows of parking in front of the building and the parking rows were parallel to the building. The center had approximately 20 stores including a Pick n Pay grocery store, a Kresge five and ten cent store and a drug store. There was a large parking lot in the rear of the center and a long arcade provided access for theater goers. I believe there was a bowling alley of the rear of the arcade. The theater seated about 1600 which was similar in size to the Yorktown, Vogue, Fairview and Richmond theaters.
November 23rd, 1949 opening ad is at View link
Great looking pictures.looks like it became a dollar house.
Thats Art Deco alright!Very Nice.
The opening ad lists 1800 luxurious seats.
It seated 1800 at opening but went down to the 850 after it was triplexed.
The Google picture at the top shows the location of the old Maple Hts. Theater. The Mapletown was located across the street in the shopping center. Just move the cursor until you get to the other side of the street.