Rose Theatre
527 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
527 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
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Previous Names: Odeon Theatre, Orchestrion Theatre, Crown Theatre
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A nickelodeon theatre which opened as the Odeon Theatre by 1907. In 1910 it was renamed Orchestrion Theatre. In 1911 it became the Crown Theatre. In 1912 thru 1913 it was operating as the Rose Theatre, which had closed by 1914.
It was demolished and a new building was constructed on the site. As of January 2005, there was an old (then empty) building still standing at this site. That building was torn down in around 2006 and the site is now a parking lot.
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I find the name of this theater interesting. An orchestrion is a coin-operated automatic piano, similar to a player piano but used in public places, that has several additional instruments, especially percussions. Some of the firms that made these machines in the 1900-1930 era also made instruments for silent film accompaniment.
This building has been torn down, since there is an empty lot on Spring between the Alexandria Hotel (1906) and the Broadway-Spring Arcade Building (about 1925).
I concur. I walked by this site today. Status should be closed/demolished.
darn.
It seems that 527 S. Spring would have been right next door to the Arcade Building. Might this building have been the Orchestrion Theatre?
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics30/00064910.jpg
Here’s a better picture. The Orchestrion would have been in one of the two buildings. View link
I’ve just noticed that the address is visible on the awning of the middle store in the bay-windowed building in the second photo Velostigmat linked to. It was 533. Counting north, 527 would have been in the dark building with the office furniture and stationers shops in it, assuming that that building had been built by 1910 (which it probably was, given its style.)
In the 1911 city directory, 527 S. Spring Street is listed as the address of the Crown Theater. No theater is listed at this address in the 1915 directory.
The 1909 city directory reveals an even earlier aka for the Orchestrion/Crown Theatre. That year, 527 S. Spring was the location of the Odeon Theatre.