Parkview Theatre
501 East Boston Street,
Covington,
LA
70433
501 East Boston Street,
Covington,
LA
70433
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274 names had poured in in 1913 and Charles Sidney August Fuhrmann and his three person committee were ready to have an opening night to announce the winning name when the theatre chairs were delayed. However, the Illinois Central Railroad came through with those seats allowing for a slightly delayed May 3, 1913 and Mrs. Edmund B. Stern got a free ticket for submitting the winning name of “Parkview.” Fuhrman’s opening speech was published in the newspaper and states, “We also wish to assure the public that smoking in the audiences and spitting on the floors will positively be prohibited - that is, to the best of our ability.”
The Parkview was closed May 5, 1925 with the employees offered new positions at the Majestic Theatre that opened the next day. The building was sold for $2,750 one month later. In 1928, that same building was the subject of a forced sheriff’s sale