Cecilwood Theatre
Main Street,
Fishkill,
NY
12524
Main Street,
Fishkill,
NY
12524
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W. Cecil Gage built the Cecilwood Theatre in 1948. The theatre was located on Main Street (Route 52) in Fishkill. A news item in 1948 gave the seating as 352 seats. The Cecilwood Theatre was demolished in 1985.
The Cecilwood was a “strawhat” summer legit theatre that sometimes showed movies but not regularly enough to qualify as a cinema. But it was located near Beacon, which is across the Hudson River from Newburgh, and in a different county. If listed at all at CT, the Cecilwood should be under Beacon, not Newburgh.
July 4th, 1948 grand opening ad in photo section. Opened as a playhouse and started to show movies in 1949.
The Cecilwood Theatre was on Main Street in Fishkill, New York (not Newburgh). They were a summer stock playhouse and I have not found evidence that they showed movies.
i hope someone in that area of New York can get more info.I could barely read the old movie ad.