Academy Theatre
46 W. Washington Street,
Hagerstown,
MD
21740
46 W. Washington Street,
Hagerstown,
MD
21740
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Previously operated by: Nixon-Nirdlinger Theaters, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Styles: Colonial Revival
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The Academy Theatre was one of several old movie theatres in Hagerstown. It was opened by the Nixon-Nirdlinger Theaters chain in 1924 seating 1,168 which made it a good sized theatre. The address changed several times over its life span while the theatre was open. It started at 30 then went to 40 and a final address of 46 West Washington Street.
The Academy Theatre closed in 1953. In 2022 the building was in use as offices for the Downtown Police Squad.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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In response to the above, the Academy is NOT “still standing and boarded up.” I was born in Hagerstown in 1948 and grew up there.
While I was still a kid, the Academy was demolished and a shoe store took its place. Later, I believe, the shoe store also was demolished leaving a vacant lot of rubble. What’s become of the site in the last few years I don’t know.
Glenn M.
Washington, DC
Still open in June 1953, just came across ad in newspaper archive for a western double feature Joe Hagerstown MD
I don’t think this is demolished. There’s a park where the McCrory’s was, but the Academy was on the end of a large building that is now part of the University of MD system. Count the windows, and you’ll see it’s still there.