Belnord Theatre
2700 Pulaski Highway,
Baltimore,
MD
21224
2700 Pulaski Highway,
Baltimore,
MD
21224
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The large two story Belnord Theatre opened in 1921. It was a large neighborhood house located on the East side of Baltimore.
The Belnord closed as a movie theatre in 1965 and was converted to a supermarket and has changed hands a couple times since its conversion.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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Bryan, I got some of my research with the Belnord mixed up with the Belmar. Ken is in fact correct about the dates and I have seating listed for the Belmar not the Belnord. Seating should have been 1746. The Belnord is still standing today. If Ken said that it is Greek in style it must have been the interior, there is nothing Greek about the exterior. It is still open as a super market.
From the 1937 photo I have of the exterior, I would say the style was Restrained Classical. (I wish we could get the add-a-photo back up and working on the site)
Ken,
I agree with you on the add a photo, but the good thing is that we can add out comments to the theatres listed. I have some photos of the Belnord from August of 2004 when we were up in Baltimore. The theatre has been completely painted in a dark beige color with the second floor windows completely covered over. It was Sam’s Super Market when we were there. There is a drop ceiling and the balcony area is completely closed off. No signs that it was a theatre from the inside at all. I assume that if you could get to the balcony area or above the drop ceiling the evidence would be there though.
A Kimball organ Size 3/8 was installed in the Belnord Theater in 1921.
Lost Memory: The Free State Theater Organ Society (in Catonsville, Maryland) owns what’s left of the pipework from the organ. The console was a “straight” type console (like a Church organ) and not the “horseshoe” design.
It looks like the building was being used for music shows last year, but that place has now closed. It was called The Local Highrise.
http://tinyurl.com/6p8qk8
The address on that website is 2706. Does that address include this building?
I would think so, since the article mentioned that 2706 used to be the Belnord Theater.
If you look at the ad on the Kilduffs website, the address given is 2706 Philadelphia Avenue. I guess that the street was renamed. The correct address is probably 2706.
A monograph on Baltimore theaters that I found in the LA library has a photo of the Belnord circa 1937:
http://tinyurl.com/yfg9v6t