Loews Westerville
60 E. Schrock Road,
Westerville,
OH
43081
60 E. Schrock Road,
Westerville,
OH
43081
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Previously operated by: Loews
Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Westerville Square Theatre
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Located at 60 Westerville Square, near E. Schrock Road between Route 3 and the western side of Schrock Road, The Loews Westerville opened as a single-screener on November 24, 1971 with Richard Harris in “Man in the Wilderness”.
Along with the Southland Theatre, the Loew’s Westerville was twinned on October 13, 1978.
Loew’s Westerville was closed on September 5, 1996. The building was left abandoned in 2007.
A Big Lots has now moved into the former theatre, since Big Lots is big for the Columbus Metropolitan Area.
Previously the Loews itself in Westerville has a bit of information of the location back then, which has a blue roof with big red Loews letters across the building and posters on windows.
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For the record, Loews Southland was built as a tri-plex.
I Can’t Find A Lot Of Information About The Loew’s Westerville.
All I Can Remember Is An Article From February 5th, 1972, Another One From 1981 And That Is It.
The information in this article is incorrect. this theater was NOT DEMOLISHED – Loews Westerville was closed in the late 1990s and converted into MCL cafeteria around 2000, which in turn closed in the mid 2010s. The strip mall this theater is located in was partially demolished and a walmart was built, but neither the portion of the building containing big lots, nor the old theater was demolished – instead the facade was simply altered to match the portion that was newly constructed.
This opened on November 24th, 1971. Grand opening ad posted.
Two screens on October 13th, 1978 and closed on September 5th, 1996 per:
Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) - September 6, 1996
SONY CLOSES WESTERVILLE TWIN THEATER The Westerville Twin theater on Westerville Road ceased operations Thursday. The two-screen theater built by Loews in 1971 was closed by its current owner, Sony, because the theater’s lease was to expire soon.“The lease is up, and the theater was not performing,” said Sony spokesman Marc Pascucci. “It is a victim of the times."The Twin operated for years as a first-run theater, became a second-run bargain house, then went back to first-run status the last few years.Sony,…