Elm Street Theatre

3 Elm Street,
Worcester, MA 01608

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Previously operated by: Fox Circuit, Loew's Inc., Poli

Architects: Leon H. Lempert, Jr.

Firms: Leon H. Lempert & Son

Previous Names: Poli Elm Street Theatre, Loew-Poli-Elm Street Theatre

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Elm Street Theatre

The Poli Elm Street Theatre was opened in December 1912 with 2,476 seats. By 1941 it was operated by Loew’s Inc. through their subsidiary Poli New England Theaters Inc as Loew-Poli-Elm Street Theatre.

Contributed by Gerald A. DeLuca

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Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on June 22, 2010 at 7:43 am

Boxoffice magazine, September 18, 1948, carries a piece about a Regent Theatre on Elm Street that was being demolished that year. I have not found it listed on CT.
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(Item is in the “Worcester” section.)

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 19, 2011 at 4:30 am

Worcester Magazine published this article about S.Z. Poli and his new theater on Elm Street in its issue of December, 1912. There are photos of both the facade and the auditorium.

swellshades: The captions of the Dumas drawings in Morrison’s book often give the name of the architect of the theater depicted. Is that the case with the drawing of Poli’s Elm Street?

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 11, 2015 at 6:28 pm

The article in Worcester Magazine I linked to in the previous comment says that Poli’s Elm Street Theatre was a project originally to be called the Lincoln Theatre, though it never operated under that name. The builders of the new house, the Worcester Amusement Company, ran into difficulties partway through construction and the theater remained unfinished until Sylvester Poli bought it and completed it in 1912.

The letting of contracts for the Lincoln Theatre was noted in the August 13, 1910, issue of The American Contractor:

“Worcester, Mass.—Lincoln Theater: $175,000. Architects Leon H. Lempert & Son, Rochester. Owner Worcester Amusement Co., E. W. Lynch, pres., Worcester. General contract let to F. W. Mark, Worcester. See Rochester Building Notes.”
Multiple period sources indicate that Poli kept Leon Lempert Jr. on as architect (Lempert Sr. had died in 1909) after he took over the unfinished project.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 26, 2024 at 2:51 pm

Opened (or placed its first ad) on October 21st, 1912.

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