At the turn of the century there was a park located in the area known today as Seneca Avenue and Myrtle Avenue. It was privately owned and the owner sold off the property in lots. Records from that era are missing or incomplete at best. The first building erected was listed as a large wooden commercial structure on the site where the bank is located today. Another wooden commercial structure was built adjoining that one. Their use is undocumented but possibly the first structure was used as a hotel or restaurant. Around 1908 the remaing lots on that street were purchased for the building of the cold water apartments know as flats. Had the other structures not been standing there would have been more flats built as apartments were in high demand.
The second structure adjoining the flats was either sold or possibly a fire destroyed it and the Air-Drome was built on that location next to the flats. At some point in 1912 the owner of the Air-Drome acquired the remaining property and erected the Evergreen Theatre on the corner of Seneca Avenue and Myrtle Avenue. Many wooden structures were sold and demolished during that time period due to new stringent building and fire codes. In my opinion the land that the Evergreen sat upon was worth considerable money and the owner simply took advantage of the economic times of the day and sold the property. The theatre itself did not fail.
At the turn of the century there was a park located in the area known today as Seneca Avenue and Myrtle Avenue. It was privately owned and the owner sold off the property in lots. Records from that era are missing or incomplete at best. The first building erected was listed as a large wooden commercial structure on the site where the bank is located today. Another wooden commercial structure was built adjoining that one. Their use is undocumented but possibly the first structure was used as a hotel or restaurant. Around 1908 the remaing lots on that street were purchased for the building of the cold water apartments know as flats. Had the other structures not been standing there would have been more flats built as apartments were in high demand.
The second structure adjoining the flats was either sold or possibly a fire destroyed it and the Air-Drome was built on that location next to the flats. At some point in 1912 the owner of the Air-Drome acquired the remaining property and erected the Evergreen Theatre on the corner of Seneca Avenue and Myrtle Avenue. Many wooden structures were sold and demolished during that time period due to new stringent building and fire codes. In my opinion the land that the Evergreen sat upon was worth considerable money and the owner simply took advantage of the economic times of the day and sold the property. The theatre itself did not fail.