Strand Theater
108 E. High Street,
Piqua,
OH
45356
108 E. High Street,
Piqua,
OH
45356
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The November 1920 Sanborn shows the Strand, with no mention of it being closed. The address seems to have been 108 E High, although the entrance may have been on the SW corner of the building, facing N Main. The theater replaced a wooden livery stable that appears on the 1911 map. The stage was curved inward in the center, and an outward curved balcony is noted.
Below link indicates the Strand closed in 1919.
https://www.dailycall.com/news/69461/looking-back-at-piquas-theaters
The opening of the Strand was noted in the November 6, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World:
The Strand was on the northeast corner of Main and High Streets, according to the May 26, 1976, issue of The Piqua Daily Call
The March 11, 1976, issue of The Piqua Daily Call said that demolition of the old Strand Theatre building was underway.
A July 22, 1935, article in The Piqua Daily Call says that the long-abandoned Strand Theatre building was to be remodeled into a bottling plant. The article places the three-story building on the east side of the public square with a frontage of 91 feet on North Main Street and a somewhat longer frontage on East High Street. I’ve been unable to determine if the building was on the northeast corner or the southeast corner. Both corners now feature parking lots, so the Strand has been demolished.