Electric Theatre
236 E. Main Street,
Pomeroy,
OH
45769
236 E. Main Street,
Pomeroy,
OH
45769
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Previous Names: Kasper's Electric Theatre
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Opened prior to March 1908 as Kasper’s Electric Theatre with 200 seats. It was operated by John Kasper. By 1914 it was known as the Electric Theatre and was still operating with this name in 1929 when it was listed with 280 seats. By 1933 it was listed with 295 seats.
Building most recently housed Connolly’s Custom Designs, presumably closed in 2016.
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The Meigs Theatre and Electric Theatre were two different houses. The Electric was in an ordinary commercial building while the Meigs was in a converted church, and sat on a rise above the street with a long stairway and ramp leading up to the entrance. Here is a photo of the Meigs Theatre.
As the building at 236 Main is an ordinary commercial block I’m assuming it was the Electric Theatre. I’ve been unable to find an address for the Meigs Theatre, but I don’t see a rise such as it occupied anywhere along Main Street in Google street views so it might have been on 2nd Street, which is one short block above Main Street.
I just found this item in the August 20, 1936 issue of The Film Daily:
The July 29 issue of the same journal had said that the new theater in Pomeroy would be “…in the upper business block….” which is another indication that the Meigs was probably on 2nd Street.The August 24 issue of Film Daily noted that the Alpine Theatre Company, which had plans to open a new theater in the Masonic Building at Middleport, was also reconditioning a theater in Pomeroy. It’s possible that the house in question was the Electric.
I agree the Meigs was a different theatre than the Electric. When you get an address, I can set up a Meigs page. It appears CT Admins have already removed any mention of it in the Overview.