Best Theatre
280 Main Street,
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12601
280 Main Street,
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12601
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Operated from 1913 until May 25, 1928.
A notice about an 1,800-seat theater planned for Poughkeepsie by G. Cohen of the Best Theater appeared in the July 5, 1913 issue of The American Contractor. An August 9, 1913 article in Exhibitors' Times said that George Cohen’s Best Theater was located on the second and third floors of a building erected in 1872, so the project in Contractor was apparently being planned as a replacement for that aged house. So far I’ve been unable to discover how soon after this Mr. Cohen was able to finish his project. The Best Theater is listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but without an address.
Building is vacant. It’s been poorly treated over the years. Ground floor is a hideous ‘70s-'80s pebble dash, and the massive cornice is just a blank expanse of plaster.