Terminal Theatre
86-94 Park Place,
Newark,
NJ
07102
86-94 Park Place,
Newark,
NJ
07102
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Previously operated by: Fox Circuit, Proctor's, Skouras Theatres
Architects: John Bailey McElfatrick
Firms: J. B. McElfatrick and Sons
Previous Names: Proctor's New Theatre, Fox's Terminal Theatre
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Proctor’s New Theatre was opened January 6, 1902 with 3,500 seats. It was equipped with a Moller 3 manual 12 ranks organ. On November 13, 1916 it was taken over by William Fox’s Fox Circuit and renamed Fox Terminal Theatre. The original Moller organ had been replaced by a Moller 3 manual 17 ranks organ. The seating capacity was later reduced to 2,026 seats. By 1941, the Terminal Theatre had been operated by the Skouras Theaters Corp. chain, and they had closed it. The Terminal Theatre was still listed as ‘Closed’ in 1943, and had gone from listings by 1950.
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PLEASE ADD TO ADDRESS
85 PARK PLACE
AKA:
FOX’S TERMINAL
Open ~1925? Can anyone verify the exact date?
Need more info and photos.
A MOLLER PIPE ORGAN, 3 Manual (keyboards)/12 Rank (sets of pipes) Opus 2251 was installed in 1916 that cost $4,000.00. In 1921 it was replaced by another MOLLER PIPE ORGAN, a 3 Manual/17 Rank, Opus 2740 that cost $7,000.00. Does anyone know what happened to these organs?
The M.P. Moller Organ Company is named for Mathias Peter Moller a native of Denmark. He founded the company in 1875 and it made over 11,000 organs on Prospect Street in Hagerstown, Maryland.
The organ affectionately known as the “MIGHTY MO” at the famous beautiful Atlanta’s Fox Theater is a Moller.
1933 photo added, photo credit Gamma-Keyston/Getty Images. Terminal marquee in the background.
A MOLLER PIPE ORGAN, 3 Manual (keyboards)/12 Rank (sets of pipes) Opus 2251 was installed in 1916 that cost $4,000.00. In 1921 it was replaced by another MOLLER PIPE ORGAN, a 3 Manual/17 Rank, Opus 2740 that cost $7,000.00. Does anyone know what happened to these organs? Fats' (Waller)first broadcast was in 1923 from the stage of the Fox Terminal Theatre over a local Newark station. this organ holds historical value.
Opened as Proctor’s New Theatre on January 6th, 1902 as “Newark’s most beautiful playhouse”. It was taken over by William Fox who reopened it as the Terminal theatre on November 13th, 1916.