Mohawk Theatre
111 Main Street,
North Adams,
MA
01247
111 Main Street,
North Adams,
MA
01247
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From the 1960s a photo postcard that captured a view of the Mowhawk Theatre in North Adams.
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.
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…
Here is a blog about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/kklsma
Here are some 1986 photos:
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Here is a December 2008 photo.
This is a recent night view of the Mohawk Theater building.
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.
The latest issue of Theatre Historical Society’s MARQUEE MAGAZINE features a photo and short bio of this theater in a travel feature spotlighting the Berkshires.
Go to www.historictheatres.org to join THS or order back issues.
Another marquee photo can be seen here.
Here is another recent photo of the Mohawk Theater.
Recent developments posted on the Mohawk Theatre’s web site (link above) from spring 2007:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts committeed $500,000 of state funding to the North Adams Office of Community Development towards restoration of the Mohawk – the funding to go towards architectural design and engineering work, with the city providing matching funds. The OCD put out a request for proposals and received a big response with 7 quality proposals, the firm of Finegold Alexander and Associates being chosen for the project. An open house was held on March 16, and the project was to begin sometime after May, taking 1 year to complete. Accordiny to a previous study the building was considered basically sound.
A recent 2007 photo of the Mohawk Theater can be seen here.
Here is a photo of the Mohawk marquee at night.
This is a vintage photo of the Mohawk.
Here is another photo of the Mohawk Theater.
The Mohawk Theatre is an icon in the City of North Adams. I had the great opportunity of working there as a teenager. I sat many evenings in that tiny ticket booth, and on “dollar nite” the lines were as far around the corner as you can see. Sometimes if you were lucky, “Tony”, the long time manager would let us sneak up to the balcony with friends. The theatre always smelled like popcorn and oddly, my grandmothers' closets!! It was a sad day when the theatre closed. Years later I was fortunate to be involved with the Theatre’s Marquee Restoration a few years back, and when the lights were finally lit again, it was a jewel. But, the theatre is not complete yet, the city is in the stages of restoring the theatre check out www.mohawkttheater.com
The Mohawk, opened on November 5, 1938 and was designed by Mowll and Rand of Boston, Mass. It had an Art Deco interior and a 25-foot wide proscenium but no significant stage area or fly loft for dramatic theater. It is the last large screen in North Berkshire County.
www.mohawktheater.com
The Mohawk Theatre on Main St. in North Adams was included in the MGM Theatre Photograph and Report project. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. The exact same marquee was on the building in 1941 that is there in the photos posted above by Chuck1231, complete with the E.M. Loew logos. The Report states that the Mohawk is not a MGM customer; that it was over 10 years old in 1941; that it is in Fair condition, and has 850 seats on the main floor and 450 in the balcony, total: 1300 seats. The competing theatres in North Adams are listed as: Paramount and Richmond. (I have a seperate MGM Report for the Paramount, but not for the Richmond Theatre). The 1940 population at North Adams was shown as 12,600 on the Mohawk’s Report, and 22,200 on the Paramount’s Report, so take your pick.
I think he (Francis Rogers) meant the Paramout was demolished then.
This photo claims to be from 1996 so I don’t think the Mohawk Theater was demolished in the 70’s or 80’s.
Couple color photos of the Mohawk Theatre.
http://www.roadsidenut.com/mohawk3604.jpg
http://www.roadsidenut.com/mohawk604.jpg
http://www.roadsidenut.com/mohawk2604.jpg
http://www.roadsidenut.com/mohawk4604.jpg
At one time the Mohawk was operated by E.M.Loew’s.
What has happened to the Mohawk recently? I was involved with a group back in the early 90’s trying to turn it into a live theater, but the husband and wife team skipped town with, what I found out later, many local merchant’s support, as in cash. I loved the theater though, and the people of North Adams and the surrounding community. I would love to go back and get things started. Any updates?