Temple Theater
6th Street & Monmouth Street,
Newport,
KY
41071
6th Street & Monmouth Street,
Newport,
KY
41071
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After opening in 1911, the Temple Theater enjoyed a twenty year run as a movie house before closing in 1931.
A vintage photograph is linked below.
Contributed by
Bill Eichelberger
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An item in the July 30, 1910, issue of The American Contractor said that Cincinnati architectural firm C. C. & E. A. Weber were working on plans for a theater at 6th and Monmouth Streets in Newport for J. J. Ryan. The project was to cost $45,000.
An earlier issue of the same publication had listed a smaller version of the same project, to cost only $10,000 and seat fewer than 500, but the plans were apparently scaled up. The Weber’s firm designed a number of theaters, including the Orpheum (RKO Orpheum) in Cincinnati and the Hiland Theatre in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. In 1910, they were also designing a theater at St. Louis for Ryan & Cornelius, the same brokerage firm behind the Temple Theatre project, but I’ve been unable to track down which St. Louis house this was. In 1917, the firm designed a theater at Bluefield, West Virginia, but again I’ve been unable to discover its name, or whether it was actually built.
There’s no evidence that either of the Weber brothers had any formal architectural training, and it is known that at least some of their major works were designed by employees or associates of the firm. This might have been the case with these theaters as well.
Joe; Cinema Treasures has the Lyric Theatre, St. Louis as being designed by the Weber brothers.