Arcadia Theater
510 N. Market Street,
Wilmington,
DE
19801
510 N. Market Street,
Wilmington,
DE
19801
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The Arcadia Theater opened March 11, 1921 when a Kimball organ size 3/15 was installed. The Arcadia Theater was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management in the 1940’s. It was closed on May 17, 1956 with Bill Haley in “Rock Around the Clock” & Neville Brand in “Fury at Gunsight Pass”. It was purchased by the Historical Society of Delaware and was demolished in 1965 to build their Delaware History Museum.
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Can anyone give me info on the Cinemart on Gov Prinz? I can’t find any info anywhere, but, I stop to look at it every time I’m in the area. What a mystery. The only thing I can tell is that I was built in the 60’s due to the chandelier and font on the front sign.
This opened on March 11th, 1921. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.
Arcadia closed in May 1956.
The site was bought by the Historical Society of Delaware. They had it demolished in 1965.
The Historical Society of Delaware decided to demolish the Arcadia, but they decided to landscape the site and the Delaware History Museum is next to the Arcadia site in a former Woolworth’s. The Delaware History Museum was recently reopened after a renovation.
Yes, a historic movie theater was demolished to be replaced with open space.
The last show at the Arcadia Theater was “Rock Around the Clock” and “Fury at Gunsight Pass”, May 17, 1956. Last News Journal ad picture in the photo section.