Puritan Theatre
1741 Washington Street,
Boston,
MA
02118
1741 Washington Street,
Boston,
MA
02118
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Known as the E. M. Loew’s Puritan Theatre, this was a neighborhood theater in Boston’s South End on Washington Street near the corner of Massachusetts Avenue.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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I have fond memories of the Puritan as my dad Henry “Hank” Goodman was the manager of this theatre in the early 60’s.My mom would take my sister and I to the Northampton elevated stop to visit my dad.I remember the Olympia flower store,Chico’s?,and there was a diner across the street.Sometime there werent enough customers,so my dad would shut down the balcony,and me and my sister would be all alone up there!Mostly I remember the concessions!!!Penny candy,hot dogs,cotton candy,popcorn(with real butter if you wanted it),and soft ice cream.Also had a take-out stand to the sidewalk.I’ll query my sis,and see what she remembers.Any questions?
Those are good memories, postcon ! I had forgotten that there was a small take-out window on the sidewalk— not many theatres had such a feature. Did your Dad ever mention how many seats the Puritan had? Also, did you and your sister explore back-stage?
In a 1918 Boston stsreet directory, the Puritan is listed at 1741 Washington Street, west side of street, north of the Mass. Ave. intersection.
A rarity, I get to post a picture of a theatre before someone else!
A picture of the theatre from the Washington Street Elevated station: View link
The Puritan looks good in that photo. Too bad they have the approx. time it was taken, but not the year— Just an estimate, 1954-59.
Both features on the marquee in the photo were 1956 releases.
The facade was a light-grey color.
In the Street View photo above, the Puritan was located where the 6-story brick building is, to the right of the 2-story corner building with the green awning.
1938 map:
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j324/MarkBul/puritantheatre1938.jpg
I live right around the corner from it now. I remember riding the old orange line and it’s so odd to see the street now. The tracks cast quite a shadow didn’t they?