Terminal Theatre

86-94 Park Place,
Newark, NJ 07102

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rivest266
rivest266 on September 17, 2024 at 9:13 am

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.

fdrennen
fdrennen on June 3, 2017 at 10:57 am

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.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 14, 2016 at 6:16 pm

1933 photo added, photo credit Gamma-Keyston/Getty Images. Terminal marquee in the background.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on December 3, 2010 at 2:58 pm

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.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on November 9, 2010 at 8:00 am

PLEASE ADD TO ADDRESS

85 PARK PLACE

AKA:

FOX’S TERMINAL

Open ~1925? Can anyone verify the exact date?

Need more info and photos.