This one was short lived. The Rex operated from around August of 1946 until December of 1946. The 114 seat theatre was located on the top floor of the building located at 200 South Coeur D'alene Avenue. The building is currently in mixed use with the Tin Cup Coffee Shop/Restaurant located on the first floor.
This one is now known as the November Theatre, named in honor of Sara Belle and Neil November. Here is some information from the website:
“About the Venue
The Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre opened as the Empire Theatre on December 24, 1911, and featured stars like Lucille LaVerne and John Bunny.
In 1927, a fire damaged the space, and it lay dark until it was re-opened in 1933 as the Booker T Theatre, which featured films and vaudeville performances until 1974.
Theatre IV purchased the theatre and its neighboring Walker Theatre (which later became the Little Theatre and finally, Theatre Gym) in 1986. Restorations were completed in 1990, and Theatre IV presented performances for children and families in the renovated space, which they renamed the Empire Theatre.
Twenty-one years later, with the Empire in need of new renovations, Sara Belle and Neil November made a $2 million gift for restoration, and in 2012 the Empire Theatre was renamed the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre."
This article gives some history of 144 2nd Avenue. According to the article the Casino theatre operated from about 1914 to 1928. This portion of the article applies to the Casino theatre.
“As the commercialization of 2nd Avenue was underway, the Menschels leased the building at 144. In 1914, Philip and Benjamin Menschel applied to demolish the townhouse and construct a commercial building. The centerpiece of the new three-story building was a 595-seat “moving picture theater” on the first and second floor. The newly constructed Casino Theatre was one of the at least six movie theaters along the lower section of 2nd Avenue.
The theater didn’t last very long. In 1928, the brothers began a complete overhaul of the building and in place of the theater came shops, offices, classrooms and a billiards parlor. After the conversion, some of the building’s earliest tenants were a stationery shop, the Greater New York Taxpayers Association, a Chinese art store, a school for Jewish children, and a restaurant with cabaret."
The history page for the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville mentions the Savoy.
1918-“By now, Phoenixville had three downtown theatres. Sample fare included Theda Bara in The Forbidden Path, at the Colonial; Kitty Gordon in Divine Sacrifice at the New-Phoenix at Main and Hall Streets, and William S. Hart in Dusty Trails at the Savoy on North Main Street.”
This article about a new brewery also mentions the Savoy theatre.
“The building, situated at 1 North Main Street next to Molly Maguire’s, traces its history to 1910 as the former Savoy Theater (one of three that called
Phoenixville home roughly 100 years ago) and more recently as a Hires Root Beer production facility.”
Both sites give the location as North Main Street. The brewery building itself shows an address of One Main Street above the entrance to the building. Was North Main Street changed to Main Street at some point?
According to the Biggleswade History Society, George’s Hall was designed by local architect Charles Owen Jones. In addition, that site gives other names for George’s Hall. Worth reading.
This one had a few other names before becoming the Bremen Theatre. Opened around 1910 as the Majestic Theatre. The name was changed to the Gem Theatre in 1923. Around 1929 the next name change was to the Playhouse. A year later, the name was changed briefly to the Rialto Theatre before being changed back to the Playhouse.
The name Playhouse lasted until 1934 when the theatre was remodeled and renamed the Bremen Theatre. In the 1980s the name was changed to the Family Theatre. In the year 2000, the theatre was purchased by its current owner and the name reverted back to the Bremen Theatre.
As rivest266 has posted, the Roseville Theatre is now a church. The address should be 28325 Utica Road.
This one was short lived. The Rex operated from around August of 1946 until December of 1946. The 114 seat theatre was located on the top floor of the building located at 200 South Coeur D'alene Avenue. The building is currently in mixed use with the Tin Cup Coffee Shop/Restaurant located on the first floor.
This one operated from June 15, 1925 to May 20, 1973.
This one opened on November 10, 1914.
This one was demolished in May of 2014.
I can believe that this one was built in 1911. I uploaded an ad for a Garden Theatre from 1914.
This one is now known as the November Theatre, named in honor of Sara Belle and Neil November. Here is some information from the website:
“About the Venue
The Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre opened as the Empire Theatre on December 24, 1911, and featured stars like Lucille LaVerne and John Bunny.
In 1927, a fire damaged the space, and it lay dark until it was re-opened in 1933 as the Booker T Theatre, which featured films and vaudeville performances until 1974.
Theatre IV purchased the theatre and its neighboring Walker Theatre (which later became the Little Theatre and finally, Theatre Gym) in 1986. Restorations were completed in 1990, and Theatre IV presented performances for children and families in the renovated space, which they renamed the Empire Theatre.
Twenty-one years later, with the Empire in need of new renovations, Sara Belle and Neil November made a $2 million gift for restoration, and in 2012 the Empire Theatre was renamed the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre."
This one opened on March 29, 1920.
This link gives the number of seats for the Dyess Air Force Base movie theatre as 625.
This theatre was damaged by a fire on April 1, 1956. The theatre was rebuilt and opened again on August 30, 1956.
This one actually opened on August 22, 1940. The architect was J. C. Beery of Amarillo. The feature film was “Andy Hardy Meets Debutante”.
This article gives some history of 144 2nd Avenue. According to the article the Casino theatre operated from about 1914 to 1928. This portion of the article applies to the Casino theatre.
“As the commercialization of 2nd Avenue was underway, the Menschels leased the building at 144. In 1914, Philip and Benjamin Menschel applied to demolish the townhouse and construct a commercial building. The centerpiece of the new three-story building was a 595-seat “moving picture theater” on the first and second floor. The newly constructed Casino Theatre was one of the at least six movie theaters along the lower section of 2nd Avenue.
The theater didn’t last very long. In 1928, the brothers began a complete overhaul of the building and in place of the theater came shops, offices, classrooms and a billiards parlor. After the conversion, some of the building’s earliest tenants were a stationery shop, the Greater New York Taxpayers Association, a Chinese art store, a school for Jewish children, and a restaurant with cabaret."
This one opened on February 22, 1920.
The building is now home to a bar and grill known as the Locker Room.
This one opened on June 9, 1967.
The history page for the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville mentions the Savoy.
1918-“By now, Phoenixville had three downtown theatres. Sample fare included Theda Bara in The Forbidden Path, at the Colonial; Kitty Gordon in Divine Sacrifice at the New-Phoenix at Main and Hall Streets, and William S. Hart in Dusty Trails at the Savoy on North Main Street.”
This article about a new brewery also mentions the Savoy theatre.
“The building, situated at 1 North Main Street next to Molly Maguire’s, traces its history to 1910 as the former Savoy Theater (one of three that called Phoenixville home roughly 100 years ago) and more recently as a Hires Root Beer production facility.”
Both sites give the location as North Main Street. The brewery building itself shows an address of One Main Street above the entrance to the building. Was North Main Street changed to Main Street at some point?
According to the Biggleswade History Society, George’s Hall was designed by local architect Charles Owen Jones. In addition, that site gives other names for George’s Hall. Worth reading.
The Clark County Press reported that the grand opening ball at the new Opera House and Armory would be held on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1893.
American Classic Images has a photo of the Armory dated February 1987.
The Armory building was demolished in 1991.
The Majestic was showing movies as early as 1923.
This one opened on November 24, 1927.
This one opened on December 20, 1913.
This one had a few other names before becoming the Bremen Theatre. Opened around 1910 as the Majestic Theatre. The name was changed to the Gem Theatre in 1923. Around 1929 the next name change was to the Playhouse. A year later, the name was changed briefly to the Rialto Theatre before being changed back to the Playhouse.
The name Playhouse lasted until 1934 when the theatre was remodeled and renamed the Bremen Theatre. In the 1980s the name was changed to the Family Theatre. In the year 2000, the theatre was purchased by its current owner and the name reverted back to the Bremen Theatre.
The former Rialto theatre/Moda night club building was renovated and is now home to Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream.
This one was demolished in 2012.
The Strand Theatre opened again on June 19th, 2015. The address is 11 Oak Bluffs Avenue.