Loew's Valencia Theatre

18 W. Lexington Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202

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Previously operated by: Loew's Inc., United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.

Architects: John Adolph Emil Eberson

Styles: Atmospheric, Spanish Moorish

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Loew's Valencia Theatre

In 1921, the Loew’s Century Theatre (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures) opened on W. Lexington Street between Charles Street and Cathedral Street, designed by John J. Zink, complete with a ballroom above the theatre.

Five years later, architect John Eberson was hired to convert the former ballroom space into a theatre, designed in Atmospheric style, and called Loew’s Valencia Theatre, which opened on December 24, 1926 with Mae Murray in “Valencia” (A private screening had been held on the previous evening). Seating was provided on a single floor, apart from two small private boxes on each side of the projection booth.

The Loew’s Valencia Theatre was closed on May 18, 1952 (the Loew’s Century Theatre closed in early-1960), and both were razed in 1962, to make way for an office building, the Charles Center.

Contributed by Bryan

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atmos
atmos on February 8, 2005 at 5:21 am

I found some material on the Valencia which states that the theatre closed for good in 1955.

atmos
atmos on July 1, 2005 at 5:55 am

The Valencia opened on 24 December 1926 and had 1400 seats.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on August 5, 2010 at 3:38 pm

This theatre is not to be confused with the Loews Velencia in New York.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on August 9, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Thats should be Queens New York.

wewinnow
wewinnow on November 2, 2010 at 10:13 am

Is this the theatre that had a sky scene showing a bird slowly moving across the ceiling?

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on May 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Marcus Loew was born on this date in 1870.Happy 141th.

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