World Theater

So after a lot of digging I finally came up with an address. The World was listed in the 1909 Directory as 236 Purchase. HOWEVER this was before the road was re-numbered. Following the original numbering puts it on Purchase between Hillman and North St, on the east side of the road, where Melville Towers is now. The theater only shows up in the 1909 directory, and I checked from 1907 to 1915, so I’m tempted to think this place only ran for a year or two. Flower Theater wasn’t listed in any directory under theater, so that’s still a mystery. The 1911 atlas shows a different owner of the building than mentioned above, leading to my theory it was short lived (unless they just leased). Mr Hesse lived 2 blocks down purchase, and Mr Auger lived on Pleasant just north of the park, and had offices listed in 228 Purchase, the building next to the theater. The theater building was 110x30 feet, so it would have had a very low capacity, maybe 200-250 tops.