Orpheum Theatre

1277 Liberty Street,
Franklin, PA 16323

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 31, 2025 at 2:56 am

Actual opening date is October 9, 1916 with Blanche Sweet in “The Sowers” along with Pathe News (No. 80) and the Rube Goldberg cartoon “The Fatal Pie”.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on November 28, 2025 at 3:49 am

This first opened as the New Orpheum Theatre.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 14, 2013 at 8:21 am

The April 29, 1916, issue of The American Contractor identified the architect of F.J. Dion’s new Orpheum Theatre at Franklin as Harvey Brakeman, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania.