Manos Theater

320 E. 5th Avenue,
Tarentum, PA 15084

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Previously operated by: Harris Amusement Co., Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.

Functions: Office Space

Previous Names: Palace Theater

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Manos Theater

The Palace Theater dates back to at least 1920 when a Kimball organ was installed. Later known as the Manos Theater which was still operating into the 1970’s. The building is currently occupied by Family Services of Western Pennsylvania.

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Don Lewis
Don Lewis on September 5, 2010 at 8:34 pm

From the 1950s a newsprint photo of the Manos Theater in Tarentum.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 23, 2011 at 4:26 am

As the Manos Theatre is a three-story building, not very wide, and appears to have an iron cornice, perhaps it was the proposed house mentioned in the May 21, 1910, issue of The American Contractor:

“Tarentum, Pa.—Theater: 3 sty. 136x 33. Architect Ira F. Cutshall. Owner J. H. Oppenheimer. Plans completed; taking figures. Brick, stone, composition roof, large skylight, galv. iron cornice, struct. & orn. iron, yellow pine finish, tile & hardwood floors, marble tiling, gas & electric fixtures, lavatories, water closets, bath tubs.”
What the theater needed bathtubs for I don’t know. Perhaps they were a feature of the dressing rooms.

RD
RD on June 11, 2017 at 5:35 pm

There was a bowling alley on the second floor, and appartments were build for a manager to live in. Who could forget the sound of the main line railroad roaring by outside the front doors of the theatre.

JRHagan
JRHagan on February 25, 2024 at 10:24 am

New Photos uploaded - This location is now the MANOS gallery

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