Lyric Theater

548 W. 18th Street,
Erie, PA 16502

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rivest266
rivest266 on June 11, 2023 at 12:35 pm

Ads for the Lyric stopped in 1954

Barbara Rossman
Barbara Rossman on March 31, 2021 at 6:48 pm

Does anyone out there know if there were long tapestries hanging in the lobby of the Lyric?

Frank Albrecht
Frank Albrecht on May 22, 2015 at 6:56 pm

I was going through microfilm and found out that this theatre originally opened in July 1915. The ad simply states it as the “New Theatre”. I’ve posted three things regarding this information in the pictures section.

dearmarymary
dearmarymary on October 4, 2014 at 9:30 pm

My great grandfather, Harry Hammond was the manager of the Lyric Theater for many years. His son, my grandfather, Theodore E Hammond helped him. Their family lived in one of the apts above the theater. I hope to find a photo of the Lyric Theater

MDaurora
MDaurora on July 24, 2008 at 9:23 pm

The Lyric was actually one of three theaters in a two block stretch of W 18th St. It was a small theater, seating maybe a few hundred in a very long and narrow auditorium. The building also contained apartments above the theater. In its day, it was known as the “Ranch House” due to all the western movies shown there. Kids got in for 10 cents and you got a penny candy as ‘change". when CinemaScope came along in 1953, the LYric closed because it was too small and it was too expensive to upgrade. The American Theater just down the block closed about the same time for the same reasons. The 18th Street Theater, the largest of the three, continued showing movies until 1961. It is now a warehouse. The other two were torn down years ago.