Elm Street Theatre
3 Elm Street,
Worcester,
MA
01608
3 Elm Street,
Worcester,
MA
01608
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Previously operated by: Fox Circuit, Loew's Inc., Poli
Architects: Leon H. Lempert, Jr.
Firms: Leon H. Lempert & Son
Previous Names: Poli Elm Street Theatre, Loew-Poli-Elm Street Theatre
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The Poli Elm Street Theatre was opened in December 1912 with 2,476 seats. By 1941 it was operated by Loew’s Inc. through their subsidiary Poli New England Theaters Inc as Loew-Poli-Elm Street Theatre.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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Boxoffice magazine, September 18, 1948, carries a piece about a Regent Theatre on Elm Street that was being demolished that year. I have not found it listed on CT.
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(Item is in the “Worcester” section.)
Worcester Magazine published this article about S.Z. Poli and his new theater on Elm Street in its issue of December, 1912. There are photos of both the facade and the auditorium.
swellshades: The captions of the Dumas drawings in Morrison’s book often give the name of the architect of the theater depicted. Is that the case with the drawing of Poli’s Elm Street?
The article in Worcester Magazine I linked to in the previous comment says that Poli’s Elm Street Theatre was a project originally to be called the Lincoln Theatre, though it never operated under that name. The builders of the new house, the Worcester Amusement Company, ran into difficulties partway through construction and the theater remained unfinished until Sylvester Poli bought it and completed it in 1912.
The letting of contracts for the Lincoln Theatre was noted in the August 13, 1910, issue of The American Contractor:
Multiple period sources indicate that Poli kept Leon Lempert Jr. on as architect (Lempert Sr. had died in 1909) after he took over the unfinished project.Opened (or placed its first ad) on October 21st, 1912.