Broadway Theatre
509 S. Broadway,
Baltimore,
MD
21231
509 S. Broadway,
Baltimore,
MD
21231
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Previously operated by: State Theatres Circuit (aka Rome Theaters)
Architects: Alfred Lowther Forrest, Benjamin Frank
Functions: Nightclub
Styles: Moorish
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The Broadway Theatre was one of the big four Fells Point movie theatres, which included the Leader Theatre, Cluster Theatre and the Apex Theatre. The Broadway Theatre was opened in 1913, but was severely damaged by a fire in January 1916. It was rebuilt to the plans of architect Benjamin Frank and has a look of a medieval castle when it opened May 15, 1916. Elaborate brownstone and copper façade, which was painted over over in brown and green.
When the movies ended in 1978, it became a restaurant that is doing a booming business as the Latin Palace nightclub. The neighborhood is now a lively Hispanic section of the city.
Just to see the opulence the theatre once had is worth a visit today. No mistaking that it was once a great place to see a movie.
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Charles Van Bibber
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Here is a 2008 photo of the former Broadway Theatre
Just added a 1950 poster to the Photos Section.
A permit to convert the ground floor of the building at 509-513 S. Broadway into a movie and vaudeville theater was granted to the Broadway Theatre Company on October 16, 1913. According to Robert Kirk Headley’s Motion Picture Exhibition in Baltimore: An Illustrated History and Directory of Theaters, 1895-2004, the architect for the conversion was Alfred Lowther Forrest.
Opened on May 20th, 1916 article:
Found on Newspapers.com
The Sun article rivest266 found says that architect Benjamin Frank designed the 1916 theater that replaced the 1913 house on the site that had been ruined by fire in January, 1916.