Steuben Theatre
28 Broadway Mall,
Hornell,
NY
14843
28 Broadway Mall,
Hornell,
NY
14843
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Wiliam T. Spann, Buffalo architect, drew the original plans
The third thumbnail from the bottom in the right column on this web page shows the Steuben Theatre in 1939. This was the year it became a Warner house. It had a nice Streamline Modern marquee and glass tile front.
Lost: This theatre built by Irving and Mary Cohen is connected to the Allendale Theatre in Buffalo which is still standing. Since you added this theatre can you confirm this theatre has been demolished? thought I was told by a CT member who lives near Hornell that it is still standing!
Is this theatre closed or demolished? I hope not the latter?
BillKays: Please email me @ since your email is not available on your CT profile page. Thanks.
If it was a club at one time, the slanted floor was probably leveled. Hope someone posts on the current status of this art deco theatre that was and should still be in Hornell. Was or is there a theatre in nearby Arkport NY?
“It was a cool looking theatre. Just wasn’t taken care of.” Sad scenerio!
It would be a shame to think that the original walls or ceiling are hidden under false walls or drop ceilings! Hornell lost a truly great theatre, architecturally!
BillKays: If you get inside, let us know.
The Theater actually still stands today although you would not recognize it. It is located on the Broadway Mall in Hornell and was converted into a club, then became a bar, and the last I knew it was an AMVETs office. If you stand across the street near the Texas Cafe you can still see the outline of the marquee and remnants of its past life. I have not been inside and I would be interested to see if any of the original walls or ceiling are hidden under false walls or drop ceilings.
I’m not surprised that this theatre is no longer with us after reading “the operator in 1967 was Dipson Management Company, headquartered in Batavia.” They owned the Wintergarden in Jamestown for a period of time and then decided to walk away and build a multi-plex on the outskirts of town! For a theatre minded company they don’t seem to have any regard for the historically beautiful of another era!!!!!
The Steuben is still listed as open in the 1967 IMPA. However, there was some lag time involved with the printing, so it’s possible that the theater was closed by that time as Lost Memory mentioned in the caption. According to the IMPA, the operator in 1967 was Dipson Management Company, headquartered in Batavia.
I just went back and viewed the interior and exterior photos…such a shame that this art deco theatre was demolished! And can anyone give the history of how this theatre came to be demolished?
Hey Patsy, It was a cool looking theatre. Just wasn’t taken care of.
Would anyone happend to know the exact date the “Exorcist” came to Hornell a the Jerry Lewis Twin? It was me and my wife’s first date and we question the date. July or August of 1974?
And the curved exterior marquee sign is really something to behold as I’ve never seen one like it! And the name Steuben is very closely tied to the Steuben Glass I would think.
The art deco interior especially the ceiling of this theater that is now gone is absolutely remarkable and the fact that Irving Cohen owned it is even more remarkable. Sadly gone, but never forgotten!
The correct spelling is Steuben Theatre.