Empire Theatre
12 Elliot Street,
Brattleboro,
VT
05301
12 Elliot Street,
Brattleboro,
VT
05301
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Either I have the wrong ID for this one, or it had another name before reopening in 1913. The 1918 closure definitely fits.
May 29th, 1913 grand opening ad posted. Newspaper listings for this theatre ended in 1918.
The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory lists only the Princess, the Empire and the Island Park theaters at Brattleboro. The Princess was the only house other than the Empire on Elliot Street. The location of the Island Park was in its name.
Island Park was an amusement park on a small island that existed in the Connecticut River until a major flood washed it entirely away in 1927. The Island Park Theatre was one of the park’s original attractions when it opened in 1911, and presented a wide array of entertainments, including movies, for the next several years, though the park was only open during the summer season.
As we know that Princess was an earlier name for the Capitol Theatre, which is accounted for, and we now know that the Island Park was not on Elliot Street, I’d say that that increases the likelihood that the house at 12 Elliot was the Empire.