Old Lido Theater: Site of the elaborate wooden Down’s Opera House, built in 1892, with a huge stage and a gallery for traveling and local entertainment. Now retail stores and offices.
There is a small photo on this page, but the address is given as 520 S. Main: http://tinyurl.com/2asqt5
The current occupant is Ohler & Holzhauer Plumbing Supply. See page 11, item 19 on the history tour for a description of the theater: http://www.portclinton.org/pctour.pdf
I don’t think we’ve seen this photo before. It’s circa 1920, and you can see the Linda Lea framework clearly. The LAPL caption mentions the Arrow theater at that location: http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067229.jpg
Here is another photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/342oq9
Here is a 3/20/07 article about the Town. Click on the picture for an older view:
http://tinyurl.com/2s6fe3
Here is an interesting site concerning the Elco:
http://tinyurl.com/3xyy5q
Here is an interior photo from the same date:
http://tinyurl.com/3dhohq
Here is a 1988 photo by Michael Putnam:
http://tinyurl.com/38qc3g
Here is a 1947 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2sba98
Here is a b&w copy of a 1995 painting by Davis Cone:
http://tinyurl.com/2knlek
Old Lido Theater: Site of the elaborate wooden Down’s Opera House, built in 1892, with a huge stage and a gallery for traveling and local entertainment. Now retail stores and offices.
There is a small photo on this page, but the address is given as 520 S. Main:
http://tinyurl.com/2asqt5
No, the status is closed if it’s no longer being used as a theater.
The current occupant is Ohler & Holzhauer Plumbing Supply. See page 11, item 19 on the history tour for a description of the theater:
http://www.portclinton.org/pctour.pdf
Here is another 1938 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics28/00063858.jpg
Status should be closed.
The theater is on the left in this 1928 photo:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067234.jpg
I don’t think we’ve seen this photo before. It’s circa 1920, and you can see the Linda Lea framework clearly. The LAPL caption mentions the Arrow theater at that location:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067229.jpg
aka El Rancho theater.
There is some information about renovation on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/2qzvwn
There is a picture of the former theater on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/ypguza
Here are two March 2007 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/2b9ylo
http://tinyurl.com/2arf77
Here are some photos of the demolition:
http://tinyurl.com/2lvfeh
http://tinyurl.com/3ypz6f
http://tinyurl.com/2tffu9
http://tinyurl.com/2ztngc
http://tinyurl.com/34fewx
http://tinyurl.com/2w5cmr
http://tinyurl.com/2vnq8a
The theater would be behind the first streetcar in this 1940 photo:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067393.jpg
The status should be closed. It’s still the library.
Here is a 1985 photo by Michael Putnam:
http://tinyurl.com/2v6kfq
Here is a 1985 photo by Michael Putnam:
http://tinyurl.com/3czp9y
Here is a 1948 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2a3tqu
Here are interior photos from 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/2h6ptl
http://tinyurl.com/2yo5gk