East Hampton Theatre
13 N. Main Street,
East Hampton,
CT
06424
13 N. Main Street,
East Hampton,
CT
06424
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Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Siebert's Opera House, Majestic Theatre
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This theater is located right near a shopping center and the main drag, Route 66 near beautiful Lake Pocotopaug, a former resort community. Built as the Siebert’s Opera House in the 1890’s it eventually became the Majestic Theatre. By December 1929 it had been wired for sound and was renamed East Hampton Theatre. On January 3, 1934 it was badly damaged in a fire. The East Hampton Theatre was rebuilt and reopened in 1936 and continued through to its closing in 1970. It was purchased by the Knights of Columbus and converted into a fraternal hall.
The building is unassuming and the building next to has "Theater Square" with a large clock on its facade to give the hint.
The theater is very much intact and looks like a house. It’s one level with a raised shingled roof with an old school 4-sided turret on top. The sides are a grey siding that’s pleasing and the front has brick on both sides with the top middle having vertical grey siding just above the mini marquee/shingled entranceway with 4 small white pillars. "The Cabinet Shoppe" is just above.
It was closed when I biked past, but I put my head in and saw on the wall preserved remnants of the former theater. There’s a pressed tin ceiling, and 3 frames on the wall depict old school movie advertisements. One frame had an advertisement list with 4 titles, but I could only make out three; “Too Mary with Love” (1936), “Meet Nero Wolfe” (1936) and “Crash Donovan” (1936).
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Dave Bonan
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East Hampton Theatre #1 was purportedly the former Siebert’s Opera House from the late 19th Century that had switched to films as the Majestic Theatre. The 300-seat venue was run by Paul Blanchard and purchased in late December 1929 by Deputy Sheriff Roy Young who wired it for sound and changed its name to East Hampton Theatre. On January 3, 1934 under operator Nathan Lampert, the interior was ruined by a fire.
According to reports, Lampert built the East Hampton Theatre #2 in 1935 opening in 1936. Lampert’s granddaughter Mary Markoff along with Ted and Joe Markoff (T&J Theatres) took on the venue during the War. They were also running the Colchester Theatre and would open the Portland (CT.) Drive-In while later taking over Norwich’s Midtown Theatre. The East Hampton closed, In 1970, the Knights of Columbus took on the venue converting it to a fraternal hall.