Montgomery Theatre

527 E. Girard Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19125

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Previously operated by: Nixon-Nirdlinger Theaters

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Originally built as an indoor farmers' market in the late-19th century. The market had trouble competing with other markets with better locations, and it was converted to a movie theatre in 1912. The Montgomery Theatre was a last-run house that stopped showing movies in 1936. Since then the building has at various times housed a bowling alley, pool hall, nightclub and appliance store.

As of 2012, parts of the building housed neighborhood retail stores and there was a proposal to operate baseball batting cages in the former theatre area. Demolition began January 2018 for an apartment building to be built on the site.

Contributed by RickB

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HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on February 10, 2018 at 10:39 am

Heartbreaking photos of what was still inside here- http://romanblazicwordsandpictures.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-montgomery-theater.html

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