Scottdale Theatre

215 Pittsburgh Street,
Scottdale, PA 15683

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The 1914 Sanborn shows ‘Movies’ being shown in the ground floor of an old storefront likely constructed between 1891 and 1897.

The structure was very basic, a two-story wood frame building with a brick façade. On the 1908 map, it was home to a books & stationery store. A photographer was located upstairs. This was likely a very basic conversion to capture the early craze, and by 1925 the space was once again a store.

At some later point it was replaced by the drab little Moose Lodge there today.

Contributed by Seth Gaines

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 12, 2021 at 6:51 pm

This might have been the house listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory as the Scottdale Theatre. The other two houses listed (Geyer’s Opera House and the Arcade Theatre) are accounted for.

Nessa
Nessa on December 28, 2021 at 2:35 pm

A 1947 issue of Box Office mentions a “Strand” theatre in Scottdale.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 28, 2021 at 3:13 pm

Nessa: Strand was an aka for the Geyer Performing Arts Center, which was originally the Geyer Opera House.

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