Fox Theatre
1501 West Federal Street,
Youngstown,
OH
45510
1501 West Federal Street,
Youngstown,
OH
45510
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Guess what folks, the Victory Theater and the Fox Theater both were at the same address, so here is the delemma, since there were ads on the theater page of the Youngstown Vindicator at different dates of course, what further details can we come up with to get a clear picture of the theater? We do know that as the Fox Theater its ads indicate that it was owned by Peter Wellman, since I doubt that he would have allowed a competitor theater to have an ad clearly joined at the hip with his theaters.
In trying to compile a reasonably accurate history of the movie theaters in Youngstown it takes twelve sluths, and a hand full of assistants to get the job done, because the local newspaper leaves a lot to be desired.
I’m glad to be of help.
Mr. Vogel, I want to take this opportunity to thank both you and Ken for all the help that you’ve been in compiling so much information on all our theaters.
Wid’s Year Book for 1920 lists the Victory Theatre as being operated by The Dome Amusement Co., also operating the Dome Theatre.
Comparing old maps of Youngstown with Google’s current map, I’m pretty sure that the Victory was located on what is now called Teamster Drive, on part of the site now occupied by the City of Youngstown Department of Public Works Maintenance & Service Building.
The Victory Theater dates back to the 1920’s.
This was one of the many small neighborhood theaters that were here between the late 1930’s and early 1950’s.
Today this theater is pary of the expressway system.