Lyric Theatre
S. Brow Street,
East Providence,
RI
02914
S. Brow Street,
East Providence,
RI
02914
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This Lyric Theatre is not to be confused with the later-built Lyric in Riverside which became the Gilbert Stuart. This one existed by 1911, on South Brow Street, a block east of what once was Watchemoket Square. It was near the Washington Bridge. It was still open in 1913. Later it was demolished and an Esso gas station took its place. The Esso station was itself demolished when Interstate Route 195 went through.
Its existence is verified by old city directories and by the East Providence Historical Society’s volume for the series “Images of America”.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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A 1913 city directory gives it as 34 Brow Street; a 1919 edition says 12 Brow Street. Well, at least I know it existed on Brow Street…a now truncated street. I wonder if anyone associated with this theatre was responsible for the emergence of the later Lyric in the Riverside neighborhood.
In 1912 one John F. Roach was the manager of this first Lyric.
Brow Street used to run from 38 Warren Avenue to 31 Waterman Avenue. Now the portion between Warren Avenue and Taunton Avenue no longer exists because of Rte. 195 and a group of criss-crossing highway ramps near the end of Washington Bridge at what was Watchemoket Square at one time.
Ads for showings of unspecified films can be found in the Providence newspapers between at least 1911 and 1913.
Google AI: “The venue was part of the early nickelodeon and neighborhood theater boom that swept Rhode Island between 1905 and 1915, providing short films, illustrated songs, and local community events to working-class neighborhoods.”
As of now there are no known photos of the actual theatre.