There are two possibilities here given the vague and contradictory information. There was a theater at 411 Park Row on the 1909 map. That building, which is still there today, was built before 1886, and had been a saloon in 1901. It’s a dry goods store on the 1914 map.
The other possibility is that this was the theater at 416 E Main, which appears in an old storefront, again a pre-1886 two-story brick structure. This is shown on the 1914 map. It had been a grocery in 1909, and by 1921 had been demolished and replaced by the Capitol.
Given the ‘Crescent’ link, and the fact that the original Capitol is shown on the 1925 map to have an office on the west side, I think the most likely address for the Crescent was 416 E Main.
The information about the Columbia theater is wrong. There was never an ‘opera house’ on this block. No movie theaters appear until the 1914 map, when there are two. There were two two-story brick commercial buildings on this lot, both built before 1886.
Church is today Glenn L English St. Should have a North or South component to the address, but would have been on the west side. The 102 address is dubious, since there was almost nothing facing Church. The 1926 map shows the lowest even south address as a rooming house at 112 (behind the bakery building on E Main, which is still there), and the lowest to the north was 108, used by the little annex behind the opera house.
They often say demolished when there’s no auditorium. It’s sort of misleading, since there’s still a building to look at (like the nice old theater on Cherokee, which they list as ‘demolished’)
The address cannot be right. That’s a small street at the top of a hill. Adirondack Natural Stone is halfway down to Ft. Ann on US 4. The entry is pretty garbled, and needs editing.
Correct address is 5434 S Tacoma Way. Union ends at 47th. It used to merge with Broadway (now called Tacoma), and keeps the Union name on the 1912 map. The building is still there, rather shabby, and the theater space is a Vietnamese restaurant.
Address would now be 1518 MLK Jr. Way. The volume containing that area is missing from the LOC site for 1912, but the 1950 update shows a large concrete building of 2 stories, split into two storefronts. 1518, the northern half, is in use as a church. The location is where the police station is today.
While the theater was operating, the address for this building was 448-450.
While this was operating, Park Row may still have been known by the old name of Frozen Row.
The church moved in in 1985. Poor thing is looking pretty seedy today. I’ve added a 1925 view of the original floor plan.
There are two possibilities here given the vague and contradictory information. There was a theater at 411 Park Row on the 1909 map. That building, which is still there today, was built before 1886, and had been a saloon in 1901. It’s a dry goods store on the 1914 map.
The other possibility is that this was the theater at 416 E Main, which appears in an old storefront, again a pre-1886 two-story brick structure. This is shown on the 1914 map. It had been a grocery in 1909, and by 1921 had been demolished and replaced by the Capitol.
Given the ‘Crescent’ link, and the fact that the original Capitol is shown on the 1925 map to have an office on the west side, I think the most likely address for the Crescent was 416 E Main.
The 1925 map shows this theater as vacant, so there must have been a pause in operations.
The information about the Columbia theater is wrong. There was never an ‘opera house’ on this block. No movie theaters appear until the 1914 map, when there are two. There were two two-story brick commercial buildings on this lot, both built before 1886.
Church is today Glenn L English St. Should have a North or South component to the address, but would have been on the west side. The 102 address is dubious, since there was almost nothing facing Church. The 1926 map shows the lowest even south address as a rooming house at 112 (behind the bakery building on E Main, which is still there), and the lowest to the north was 108, used by the little annex behind the opera house.
This entry is a real mess. It has information on two completely different theaters at different addresses.
They often say demolished when there’s no auditorium. It’s sort of misleading, since there’s still a building to look at (like the nice old theater on Cherokee, which they list as ‘demolished’)
Website is dead, and the lobby has been gutted. Looks like work is being done.
The address cannot be right. That’s a small street at the top of a hill. Adirondack Natural Stone is halfway down to Ft. Ann on US 4. The entry is pretty garbled, and needs editing.
Correct address is 5434 S Tacoma Way. Union ends at 47th. It used to merge with Broadway (now called Tacoma), and keeps the Union name on the 1912 map. The building is still there, rather shabby, and the theater space is a Vietnamese restaurant.
Address would now be 1518 MLK Jr. Way. The volume containing that area is missing from the LOC site for 1912, but the 1950 update shows a large concrete building of 2 stories, split into two storefronts. 1518, the northern half, is in use as a church. The location is where the police station is today.
If this still exists, it’s the Dollar Tree at 3230.
Address is 108.
Address is wrong, it’s 340 Granby.
Needs to be listed as demolished. Proper address should be on E Liberty.
The front of the building is completely trashed. Only the portion where the marquee was mounted has any detail left.
Demolished sometime after 2017.
Long ago demolished.
Demolished. Ugly modern buildings and parking lots on that side of the block.
Needs the status updated.
Demolished sometime between 2007 and 2012, along with about half of the sad remains of downtown.
Address today is 321-323.
Needs to be listed as demolished.