Capitol Theatre

SethG on January 9, 2020 at 1:09 pm

The 2005 photo is not of the original building, which was a large square brick building of 1-2 stories with a peaked roof. It occupied the NE corner of W Peter St and Pittsburgh Rd. The entrance was off Peter, so presumably the address was not on Pittsburgh. As can be seen in the rather blurry main picture, there was a balcony which ran on three walls, right up to the stage.

If the 2005 picture was taken in Uniontown, then the original theater must have been destroyed in the fire, and smaller buildings constructed on the lot. Since that entire corner is now a parking lot, it’s hard to tell whether the ‘new’ Dixie faced Peter or Pittsburgh.

By the way, there is no Pittsburgh STREET, which is why the map is screwed up.

Joe Vogel on October 6, 2014 at 9:14 pm

The July 19, 1929, issue of The Film Daily reported that the Dixie Theatre at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, had been gutted by a fire causing an estimated $30,000 of damage.