Union Square Olympia Theatre
8 Warren Street,
Somerville,
MA
02143
8 Warren Street,
Somerville,
MA
02143
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The Union Square Olympia Theatre opened in Feburary 1914, but closed by the mid-to late-1920’s. By 1932 it had reopened as a hall for marathon dancing, which local residents and newspapers objected to.
It was demolished in 1933. A Goodyear auto service center now occupies the site.
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AKA:
UNION SQUARE THEATER.
Owners:
1920 R.W. Brown
1925 N.H. Gordon Circuit.
David Guss’s article “Lost Theatres of Somerville”, from the First Quarter 2006 issue of Marquee, the journal of the Theatre Historical Society of America, is now online at View link .
Besides an extensive history, the article also contains many old photos of and advertisements for the various theatres in Somerville.
(This is a 17-page scanned-image PDF, so unfortunately you cannot search or copy the text.)
The Union Square Th. in Somerville is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1200 seats and open 6 days/week.