Astor Theatre
281 S. Main Street,
Akron,
OH
44308
281 S. Main Street,
Akron,
OH
44308
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Opened as the Allen Theatre in 1920. It closed in 1959 and reopened in 1964 when it was renamed the Astor Theatre.
Closed and demolished in 1982, the site is now an empty lot.
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The timeline somewhat corresponds with the theater on this postcard, but the Strand may be a different building. Not listed on CT:
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The 1,207 seat Strand Theatre was located at 133 S. Main Street, Akron.
Ok, not the same theater. Thanks.
Does anyone have a memory of the sign falling off the Astor Theater bulding sometime in the late 1960’s? Finding a date for that would help me locate a picture in the Beacon Journal of interest to my family. Thanks.
On page 127 of the book Akron, by David W. Francis and Diane DeMali Francis, there’s a 1920s photo of the Allen Theatre, and it appears to fit the description of a house then ready for construction according to the following item from the June 10, 1920, issue of Engineering News-Record:
Partner G. Evans Mitchell withdrew from the firm later that year, and the successor firm Frank & Wagner were local associates of the New York firm George G. Post & Sons. They designed a theater that was to have been built at Ravenna, Ohio, in 1921, but I’ve been unable to discover if that project was carried out.