Almost certainly demolished. Probably on the west side of N Main St. All of the Schine’s I’ve seen have been pretty large and fancy, which doesn’t describe any buildings downtown except one that was obviously built as a store.
Added a ‘new’ photo. Didn’t take any of just the theater. Rather a severe and blocky remodel, in the yellow limestone over red granite(?) that seems to have been very popular in the region. Not really my taste, but I assume it looked a lot better with the marquee. Just out of frame, the side of the building is much older, with a lot of bricked up windows.
The B B stood for Beatrice Bessesen, an opera singer. The building was originally the Bessesen Opera House. I don’t know when exactly it started showing movies. The building currently houses a gallery, a chiropractor, the local arts council, and various other businesses. There is an initiative to restore the building, but no word on whether the ugly ‘70s front will be replaced.
While the renovation is pretty nice (windows replaced upstairs, freshly replastered façade, redone entry), the marquee has been slathered in black housepaint, which takes away a lot of the character.
Since this is the closest drive-in, could it have been the Riverside/Razorback that supplied the marquee currently located in the 500 block of S Chester? Streetview here: https://www.google.com/maps/Crest Theatre.7450915,-92.2819992,3a,75y,60.08h,75.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAznxrg_GzD1Oi2KaG4l5pw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Can we put any information at all in the listing? Street number is between 50 and 76 (neighboring buildings). Sometime between the 2008 streetview and my 2013 visit, the cornice was stripped and all the windows, etc. on the front were boarded up.
510 is an art gallery in the bottom floor of an old, wood frame, three-story building. The problem is 512, which looks turn of the century at the oldest, and bears no resemblance to the building on the right side of the postcard.
Streetview is wrong. Address must be wrong, unless this has been demolished. 24 is a tiny commercial building which looks postwar, and the next building is a huge one-story garage or car barn. The building after that is 36. Looking at the big building, it may originally have been two buildings, and some windows have been filled in. Perhaps a small part of the theater remains?
Address is 94 North St. Now a seedy-looking church. Cornice removed, shop windows filled with tacky stone and Home Depot plastic windows. Huge Gold Medal Flour ghost ad on the back, with ‘Alhambra Theatre’ just visible at the top.
According to the NRHP listing, the theater was built in 1928. Listing also says the theater was gutted by a fire in 1935, but that doesn’t jibe with the 1938 photo I found. I suppose the auditorium could have been destroyed in the fire, and the front remodeled later?
Pretty sure this has been demolished. Streetview is blurry and terrible, but unless this is the white plaster thing (which looks smaller than the building in the picture), this is gone.
Almost certainly demolished. Probably on the west side of N Main St. All of the Schine’s I’ve seen have been pretty large and fancy, which doesn’t describe any buildings downtown except one that was obviously built as a store.
It’s gotten a weird modern remodel, and appears to be retail.
The building might sort of still be there. 108 has a stone front, but if it was the theater, it’s been pretty badly butchered by remodeling.
Added a ‘new’ photo. Didn’t take any of just the theater. Rather a severe and blocky remodel, in the yellow limestone over red granite(?) that seems to have been very popular in the region. Not really my taste, but I assume it looked a lot better with the marquee. Just out of frame, the side of the building is much older, with a lot of bricked up windows.
The B B stood for Beatrice Bessesen, an opera singer. The building was originally the Bessesen Opera House. I don’t know when exactly it started showing movies. The building currently houses a gallery, a chiropractor, the local arts council, and various other businesses. There is an initiative to restore the building, but no word on whether the ugly ‘70s front will be replaced.
Looking at the latest streetview, the marquee has been repainted and all the neon looks like it works.
While the renovation is pretty nice (windows replaced upstairs, freshly replastered façade, redone entry), the marquee has been slathered in black housepaint, which takes away a lot of the character.
Reproduction marquee was installed in 2016, just 11 days after my visit.
Number on the doors is 508. Theater is abandoned and boarded up.
The site breaks the comment, so you’ll have to change the ‘Crest Theatre’ to an ‘@’ symbol, followed by 34.
Since this is the closest drive-in, could it have been the Riverside/Razorback that supplied the marquee currently located in the 500 block of S Chester? Streetview here: https://www.google.com/maps/Crest Theatre.7450915,-92.2819992,3a,75y,60.08h,75.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAznxrg_GzD1Oi2KaG4l5pw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Can we put any information at all in the listing? Street number is between 50 and 76 (neighboring buildings). Sometime between the 2008 streetview and my 2013 visit, the cornice was stripped and all the windows, etc. on the front were boarded up.
510 is an art gallery in the bottom floor of an old, wood frame, three-story building. The problem is 512, which looks turn of the century at the oldest, and bears no resemblance to the building on the right side of the postcard.
Map marker is VERY far away from Hudson.
Should be listed as demolished.
Now a church. This is a very old building, and the original entrance was off Academy St.
Streetview is wrong. Address must be wrong, unless this has been demolished. 24 is a tiny commercial building which looks postwar, and the next building is a huge one-story garage or car barn. The building after that is 36. Looking at the big building, it may originally have been two buildings, and some windows have been filled in. Perhaps a small part of the theater remains?
Probably built in 1913, which is the date over the entrance.
Address is 94 North St. Now a seedy-looking church. Cornice removed, shop windows filled with tacky stone and Home Depot plastic windows. Huge Gold Medal Flour ghost ad on the back, with ‘Alhambra Theatre’ just visible at the top.
If this hasn’t been demolished, the only candidate is the masonic lodge at 41.
Odd that the ad spells it ‘Hi-Way’, while the sign says ‘Hi Way’, or possibly even ‘Hiway’.
Should be listed as demolished. Just a sign out by the highway.
Looks like when Front goes from E to W, odds and evens switch sides, meaning this has been demolished. Must have been about where the depot is now.
According to the NRHP listing, the theater was built in 1928. Listing also says the theater was gutted by a fire in 1935, but that doesn’t jibe with the 1938 photo I found. I suppose the auditorium could have been destroyed in the fire, and the front remodeled later?
Pretty sure this has been demolished. Streetview is blurry and terrible, but unless this is the white plaster thing (which looks smaller than the building in the picture), this is gone.