Bridesburg Theater
2747 Bridge Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19137
2747 Bridge Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19137
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Previous Names: Elm Theater
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The Bridesburg Theater opened August 22, 1913. In 1929 the name was changed to the Elm Theater. In 1932 the name was changed back to the Bridesburg Theater. About a year later the theater closed.
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This theater has been demolished.
The Bridesburg Theater was a victim of the Great Depression and closed in 1933. The theater was purchased by the Rohm & Haas Company and converted to a company gymnasium in 1942. The building was demolished in 1967 and is now a well manicured lawn adjacent to Dow Chemical Company parking lots. (Dow Chemical bought Rohm & Haas in 2009).
Opening day for the Bridesburg Theater was Friday, August 22, 1913. If anyone has any additional info. about the Bridesburg — newspaper clippings, photos, anything — please share, and thanks!
I believe my great uncle (my great grandfather’s brother), Charles D. Silcox built the Bridesburg Theater. Per a notice in the Phila. Inquirer that he intended to build a movie theater on a lot he had purchased at Bridge and Richmond Sts. (Re: Philadelphia Inquirer – Sunday, December 15, 1912)