Grand Theatre
713 Mifflin Street,
Huntingdon,
PA
16652
713 Mifflin Street,
Huntingdon,
PA
16652
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The 1,200-seat Grand Theatre was opened on January 20, 1909 with stage producers' Klaw & Erlinger’s Broadway production of “Yama”, an Oriental musical comedy. It was closed on June 17, 1962.
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Opened in the early-1910s, closed in the mid-to-late 1960s.
Grand Theater (1909 – 1962)
In 1908, John L. Isenberg, a building contractor, and the Patriotic Sons of America committee signed a contract to build the GRAND Theatre on the 700 block of Mifflin Street. It was a ground-floor house with a balcony and private boxes seating over twelve hundred. The top floor was used for lodge rooms, a banquet hall, and a dancing floor. The GRAND opened on January 20th, 1909, with Klaw and Erlanger’s Broadway show “Yama,” an Oriental musical comedy. The single seats and chairs in the boxes for opening night were $5 and $40 for the box. Other seats ranged from $1 to $3.
According to Ron Morgan, Huntingdon Co. (PA). historian, in his Daily News column, “Echo’s From The Past,” the last movie shown on the Grand Theater’s screen occurred June 17, 1962. Research for the Grand is ongoing. —American-Historysmith