Loew's Century Theatre
18 Lexington Street,
Baltimore,
MD
21202
18 Lexington Street,
Baltimore,
MD
21202
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Great pictures of the LOEWS CENTURY.
These are 1926 interior photos of a Century Theater at 18 W. Lexington Street. Photo1, Photo2, and Photo3.
According to David Naylor’s “American Picture Palaces,” the Century Theatre first opened in 1921 and was designed by architect John J. Zink in a conventional (non-atmospheric) style. The building included a ballroom above the theatre. Five years later, John Eberson converted that ballroom into an atmospheric theatre called the Valencia. Naylor reports that “A popular joke around town in 1926 was that, paradoxically, the Valencia was both the newest and oldest theater in the city (because it was ‘over a century’).”
Photos of the Century can be seen here.