Towne Theatre
124 E. High Street,
Pottstown,
PA
19464
124 E. High Street,
Pottstown,
PA
19464
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Reopened as Towne Theatre on November 15, 1967 with “To Sir, With Love”.
This brief article from the June 28, 2015 Reading Eagle says that, yes, the Hippodrome was renamed the Towne Theatre in the 1970s, but was closed before the end of that decade. The article also says the Hippodrome had opened in December, 1914.
Was the Hippodrome Theatre later renamed to Towne Theatre by William Goldman Theatres?
The Hippodrome was still open in 1971 because I took the kids I babysat there year to see a movie
The Arcadia Press book “Around Pottstown” (Google Books preview here) has a photo of the Hippodrome dating from ca.1917, though I think it might be a bit earlier. There’s a horse and carriage on the street, but no cars. The book also has a ca.1949 photo of the Hipp, which by then sported a moderne front.
Flickr user Liatris displays this colorized version of the ca.1917 picture. Adjacent in the photostream is a cropped close-up of the theater entrance.
A Moller organ, opus 3058, was installed in this theater in 1921.