Mohawk Theatre
111 Main Street,
North Adams,
MA
01247
111 Main Street,
North Adams,
MA
01247
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The Mohawk Theatre opened in 1938 and closed down in 1991. There is an effort underway to begin planning a restoration of the theatre into an arts center over the next two years. First, however, there is the task of raising the estimated $3.5 million needed.
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I worked in N. Adams in the 80’s and went to the Mohawk alot a great little town theatre. Across the street a few blocks down I seem to remember a Sheraton Hotel that had a little cinema in the basement part of the hotel? is this a senior moment or was there a cinema there? I purchased a few nice b/w 8x10 photos on e-bay of the Mohawk.
This is a recent night view of the Mohawk Theater building.
Here is a December 2008 photo.
Here are some 1986 photos:
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Here is a blog about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/kklsma
I worked at the Mohawk for two summers in the early nineties, along with several of my teenage friends. Tony Valotta was still there at the time, and the couple that were referenced in a previous post were Mike and Maria Thornton, and yes, sadly they packed up and left town, and took the money therefore leaving no choice but to close the beloved Mohawk Theater… I remember going there as a kid and being greeted by Tony and also by Joejoe Fuginetti. 2 people that dedicated their lives to that magical theater…
This theatre is listed on C.T. as a former Loews,but it was run at one time by E.M. LOEWS a different company as listed above.
From the 1960s a photo postcard that captured a view of the Mowhawk Theatre in North Adams.
Went by this recently on a bicycle trip. There was an event for late July on the marquee. Apparently it’s in use. The doors have no handles on the outside, though. I will post a marquee picture and the mural on the back of the stagehouse.
A brief item about E. M. Loew’s Mohawk Theatre in North Adams appeared in the lower right corner of this page of the April 29, 1939, issue of Boxoffice. There is a photo showing one side wall of the auditorium as seen from the top of the balcony.
The item notes Mowll & Rand as architects, but attributes the decoration of the theater to William Riseman and someone named Alec Lercari (who I can’t find mentioned anywhere on the Itnernet, so perhaps it is a typo.)