Olympic Theater
321 Market Street,
Steubenville,
OH
43952
321 Market Street,
Steubenville,
OH
43952
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The Olympic Theater was opened by 1916. It was a popular Market Street theater in the 1930’s. It was still operating in 1950. It was sold to a bank in 1958 and has been demolished. The site is now a drive through bank.
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Ken McIntyre
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The Olympic can be seen on the right in this view of Market Street, circa 1930s:
http://tinyurl.com/o7tkpk
The theater building was sold to a bank in August 1958, according to a local newspaper article at that time.
There was an Olympic Theatre in operation at Steubenville at least as early as 1916. In 1917, the Olympic’s operators were involved in a lawsuit over events that took place in the theater around August 1, 1916. A description of the case was published in the 1918 Ohio Circuit Court Reports. Given the old fashioned style of the building seen in the photo ken mc linked to above, the Olympic Theatre in the court case was probably this house.
John Papulius, proprietor of the Olympic Theatre in Steubenville, was mentioned in the June, 1915, issue of The Ohio Architect, Engineer & Builder. Given that the theater was operated by a Greek, and Athenian is Greek, I have been wondering if this item from the February 14, 1914, issue of The Construction Record could be about the Olympic Theatre:
The Olympic Theatre appears to have been the right size to have been the 1914 project.This theatre was patronized by Dean Martin who grew up in an Italian family in Steubenville. I learned this fact while reading a book about Dean Martin authored by his daughter, Deana.
John K. Papulias was my grandfather. My father,George, often spoke of being an usher at the theater.
This theater has been demolished and replaced with a bank drive through.