Loretta Theater
1401 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive,
St. Louis,
MO
63106
1401 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive,
St. Louis,
MO
63106
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Previous Names: Alcazar Theatre
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A conversion of a former photo studio. The Alcazar Theatre was opened by May, 1909. It appears on the 1909 Sanborn, located in an old 4 story brick structure which had a mansard or Second Empire roof. It became the Loretta Theatre, which closed in early-1914. It was not listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915. In April 1914 it became a drugstore.
Located on what was then Franklin Avenue, this building, and the entire neighborhood, was lost many years ago. This street is a bleak wasteland of huge parking lots and large ugly modern warehouse/industrial buildings. This corner has a cheap modern office building and parking lot.
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That’s The Alcazar turned Loretta Theatre. It was a photo studio and then transformed to the Alcazar Theater beginning on October 30, 1909. It became the Loretta Theatre until early 1914. In April of 1914, the theater was removed and it became a drug store.
The 1909 edition of Gould’s St. Louis City Directory lists the Alcazar Theatre. Gould’s directories ran through April of the following year, so editions must have been published by the first of May each year. The Alcazar must have have been open prior to May, 1909, to have been listed in that year’s directory. The house was not listed in the 1908 directory. I didn’t see a date on the Sanborn map page, though they sometimes have them.