Fox Theatre
235 N. Pavilion Avenue,
Riverside,
NJ
08075
235 N. Pavilion Avenue,
Riverside,
NJ
08075
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Architects: Frank Eugene Hahn
Previous Names: Foresters Hall, Forest Theatre
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The Fox Theatre in Riverside, NJ was designed by architect Frank E. Hahn of Philadelphia in 1916. The reference for this is American Architect, July 19, 1916.
Contributed by
RSecinaro, Hugh Goodman
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Listed as open in the 1951 FDY with 1102 seats.
A Moller organ, opus 4085, was installed in this theater in 1925.
Strange Lost Memory, the 1970 Film Daily Yearbook still lists this theater. Also listed in the 1944 FDY with 1228 seats.
Originally known as Foresters Hall, then the Forest Theatre. Built circa 1912. In 1916 bought by JB Fox and renamed the Fox Theatre. Remodeled in 1925 (adding the aforementioned Moller organ). Remodeled again in 1929 after a minor fire. Closed in the late 1950s and burned down as lostmemory notes above.
Images of America: South Jersey Movie Houses, page 42
A slight correction to teecee’s post. The Fox in Riverside did NOT close in the late ‘50s. I graduated from High School in 1963 and know it was open then.