State Theater
2715 N. 5th Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19133
2715 N. 5th Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19133
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The State Theater was a silent-era theater that opened in 1908 and closed in 1929.
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This theatre actually opened as a small nickelodeon and expanded its seating to 450 when it became a legit ‘nabe’ silent theatre.
The architects for the State Theatre was Trepler & Heise.
I think that Trepler & Heise were the contractors. This theater was also known as the Star theater.
lostmemory, when I went back and looked in the book it seems that Trepler and Heise did the remodel in 1924. My error.
very erie posting on a page and making a mistake after TomScott posted on it previously.
Your choices for making a “mistake” are, tar and feathers or being boiled in oil. This weeks special is boiled in olive oil with a touch of garlic. :) Isn’t it great that we can make a mistake without someone jumping all over us. Its actually enjoyable on here again.
The old State Theater on 52th Street that’s where Dione Warwick made her Philly debut in the 1960’s, as I was there. I went to every Uptown Theater R & B show as well as for a time in West Philly at the State Theater! man, am I lucky! Ten to 12 acts on the card I spent an entire evening really digging what was later to be one of the finest memories of growing up in Philly! I am a percussionist..now living in Asia, retired from manufacturing, an Olympic style boxing official..judge etc and jam regularly at Atong Kamalig in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines on Tuesdays!