Mecca Theater
1217 W. 3rd Street,
Dayton,
OH
45407
1217 W. 3rd Street,
Dayton,
OH
45407
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The Mecca theater opened on August 26, 1914 with “The Oubliette” featuring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush. It was equipped with a Seeburg Motion Picture Player. The Mecca closed July 27, 1952 with a double feature of “Silver City” with Yvonne de Carlo and Lana Turner in “Mr.Imperium.” The building was sold becoming the Club Blue Angel nighT club for one year in 1953. It ceased operations and was taken on by the Good Samaritan Church in 1954.it was said to be vacant during a 1955 fire that damaged the building and became a car dealer lot.
The book “When Dayton Went to the Movies” says that the Mecca Theatre was designed by Dayton architect Gustave A. Niehus.