Crescent Theater
13906 5th St,
Dade City,
FL
33525
13906 5th St,
Dade City,
FL
33525
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The Crescent opened in 1926 as a venue for silent films, musicals and vaudeville, but closed before the 1960s. There were plans to convert the theater into a mixed use senior center and civic center, but these fell through and the building was demolished in 2003. A new senior center was constructed on the site.
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Ross Melnick
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Looks like the renovation plans fell through.
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This is what I found on this theater:
Style-Mediterranean
Seats-900
Opened-May 15,1926
Owner-Floyd Theaters
I can’t find a numbered address. The location that I found for the Crescent theater is 5th St At Florida Ave.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 gives a seating capacity of 550.
Ken….The seat count of 900 is what I found listed for opening day. Its possible that the seating was reduced or the person that counted the seats didn’t attend math class on a regular basis. Does the FDYB list an address?
lostmemory…No addresses given in any of the F.D.Y.B. I have. Seating is still given as 550 in 1943 but it has risen to 600 in the 1950 edition!
Thanks Ken. Lacking a photo of this theater to gauge its size, I would go with the 600 seat count that you found in the FDYB.
Looks like status should be closed/demolished:
http://tinyurl.com/y2n262
Listed in the 1951 Film Daily but not in 1955. The only theater listed for Dade City in 1955 is the Pasco Theater.
Too bad no photos.