Lyric Theatre
211 Market Street,
Newark,
NJ
07102
211 Market Street,
Newark,
NJ
07102
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Transformed to a streamlined, deco look in 1933 by architect Ben Schlanger (one interior picture in photos).
The architects for the Lyric Theater were George W. Backoff and T. Cecil Hughes. It is mentioned in the Architects' and Builders Magazine in December 1908, so that could be around the time it opened.
Listed as a Negro Theater in the 1951 FDY.
From oldnewark.com
The Lyric Theatre was built on land once occupied by the First Reformed Dutch Church. In 1838, the basement was occupied by the first school in the East Ward.
You can see the side of the building on the right of this old photo:
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