Avon Theatre

21 Academy Street,
Hartland, ME 04943

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Roger Katz
Roger Katz on July 5, 2024 at 3:12 pm

Photos before and during demolition here: https://www.thehhs.me/opera-house-town-hall/

Roger Katz
Roger Katz on July 5, 2024 at 3:08 pm

This opened at 21 Academy Street on February 17, 1898 as the second Hartland Opera House. It was the town hall until 2017. It was demolished in 2018.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on November 13, 2015 at 10:41 am

The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Avon; it’s Card # 378. Address is “Main St.” (incorrect). There is an exterior photo dated Feb. 29, 1941. There was a distinctive arched entrance. Condition was Poor. The report says the Avon was remodeled in 1939, was showing MGM movies, and had 192 seats. The 1940 population was 1,200. The Maine theaters list in a 1991 issue of Marquee reports that there were 192 seats on the main floor and 200 in the balcony, total: 392.