Garden Theater
718 Chillicothe Street,
Portsmouth,
OH
45662
718 Chillicothe Street,
Portsmouth,
OH
45662
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Previously operated by: Interstate Theatres Corporation
Architects: Wesley P. Ridenour
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The Garden Theater was opened November 20, 1925 with James Kirkwood in “Top of the World” & Alberta Vaughn in Adventures of Maisie". Architect Wesley P. Ridenour designed the theater. It was equipped with a theater organ. It was given a remodel on February 29, 1936 when it was operated by the A.G. Constant circuit based in Steubenville, OH. It was closed in 1958.
After the theater closed the building was occupied by a sign making company and ultimately demolished for construction of Kroger’s supermarket.
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Circa 1925 photo added courtesy of Bob Burchett.
This tidbit too courtesy of Renee Raison Storey, via the “You Know You Are From Portsmouth Ohio If ?” Facebook page.
“The sign for the Garden was still on the building (it was a sign company, Tindalls, then) in the 1980s but it was covered up.”
The movie “Top of the World” launched the Garden Theatre on November 20, 1925. At the end of a ten-year lease, new operator American Amusement Circuit of Stubenville took on the theater soon becoming part of the Interstate Theatre Circuit. Under new ownership, the Garden received an extensive remodeling launching with “Modern Times” on February 29, 1936.
The new owners of the Garden Theatre responsible for the 1936 remodeling were the A. G. Constant circuit of Steubenville, Ohio.