Thomas Theatre
32 Shenango Avenue,
Sharon,
PA
16146
32 Shenango Avenue,
Sharon,
PA
16146
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A 1919 Sharon city directory does not list the Thomas Theatre, but it does list an Orpheum Theatre with the address 24-34-40 Shenango. Given the overlap, Orpheum might have been an aka for the Thomas Theatre. The September 4, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World said that the Thomas theater was being closed for remodeling.
Architect E. E. Clepper’s full name was Edgar Ellis Clepper. He also designed the Luna Theatre and the Alpha Theatre in Sharon, both also in operation by 1912. A biographical sketch published in 1908 also credits him with the Lewis Opera House, but I’ve been unable to discover where that theater was located.
Three photos of the Thomas Theatre appeared in the January 12, 1912, issue of the professional journal The Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder. Here is an exterior photo, and here are two interior views of the auditorium.