Princess Theatre
499 N. Clinton Avenue,
Trenton,
NJ
08638
499 N. Clinton Avenue,
Trenton,
NJ
08638
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Previously operated by: Associated Theaters of Trenton
Architects: Osborne Hunt
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The Princess Theatre opened in November 1914 with 900 seats. This small neighborhood theatre was still listed as open in the 1951 Film Daily Yearbook. The theatre was closed for years, since probably the late-1960’s or early-1970’s. In 2020 the site is a vacant lot.
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“ Nearby at North Clinton Avenue and Meade Street stood “The Princess;†one of Trenton’s few neighborhood theaters (#392). Featuring decorative tilework and monumental metal cornice, the building has served as both The Princess Theater and The Holy Cross Church ”
from trentonhistory.org
“Princess Theatre, moving pictures, N Clinton av cor Mead”
listing in the 1920 Trenton City directory as hosted by trentonhistory.org
My father worked here as a projectionist. Unfortunately situated in East Trenton, a neighborhood that is not culture conscious, the Princess closed in the 1950s and torn down around 1990.
Listed on page 137 of the 1925 Trenton City Directory under “Theatres and Moving Picture Houses”. Address not given.
Listed on page 1072 of the 1936 Trenton City Directory under “Theatres and Moving Picture Houses”. Address is 499 N. Clinton Ave.
The function should be changed to demolished.
Picture from 1975. Identified as the Rialto, but the street sign matches the Princess’s address.
From the Trenton Times April 12, 1914, Charles Hildinger (my husband’s great-uncle, awarded the contract for the construction of the Princess Theatre to Mayer & Margerum to be completed within 90 working days. The architect was Osborne Hunt. It did not actually open until Thursday, November 8, 1914. The headline attraction was “413.” It had 900 seats, orchestra pit, fine ventilating system, and ten exits.
The Rialto was located by the Trenton Battle Monument and Pennington Avenue (Route 31). It was a theater that required the projectionist to climb up a ladder to into the booth. Safety last? Anyway, both the Princess (North Clinton Avenue) and Rialto locations are vacant today (2020).