Liberty Theatre
3938 Spring Grove Avenue,
Cincinnati,
OH
45223
3938 Spring Grove Avenue,
Cincinnati,
OH
45223
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Check out the pic I uploaded of the theater during 1937 Flood.
During the 1937 flood water reached to within 2 feet of the eagles perched upon the facade of this theater. What a job it must have been to restore Liberty after so much water and muck. Fortunately the fire which erupted from burst gasoline tanks further south toward Cincinnati, did not float there flaming contents to this neighborhood.
Thank you Joe Vogel for including the Deaf Club photo gallery at the Former liberty theater in Cincinnati! I’ve always wanted to see what was left of the theater interior at the Liberty. It must have been a tremendous cleanup job for the theater after the 1937 flood as the water level on the exterior was up to 2 feet of the pair of eagles on the structures facade.
The web site of the Liberty Theatre’s current owner, the Greater Cincinnati Deaf Club, features this photo gallery which includes a few shots of events taking place in the upstairs hall. It appears that the original auditorium was divided into two floors, with offices, rest rooms, smaller meeting rooms and such on the ground floor and a large hall occupying the upper half.
The ceiling looks like it might be pressed tin, and is probably the Liberty’s original ceiling. The stage in the hall appears to have been built above the original stage, and its proscenium is probably part of the original, though it was most likely raised above its original level, which would not have come so close to the theater’s ceiling.