AMC Barn 5
1745 Easton Road,
Doylestown,
PA
18901
1745 Easton Road,
Doylestown,
PA
18901
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The actual closing date is March 6, 1997, nine days before its 30th anniversary.
Added a picture of after the addition to the left was added. not sure if this was when theatre was twinned, or if this became a tri-plex
Was it in a barn?
Opened with Dr Zhivago.
This opened on March 15th, 1967. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.
Mitchaia, I’m What I’ve seeing in the 1971 aerial look, is that of a backward “L” shape, with the first addition (with the intersection of Easton Road [PA 611] and Old Easton Road behind you) to the left of the original building, (AKA looking just like , in a way, the former AMC/Budco/William Goldman’s Orleans Theatre Screen #1-4).
I do know, when looking at the Barn 5 from the front of the building (with PA 611 behind you), the main entrance was on the right hand side, near the second addition 9which in it’s final days was Screens #4-5)
Refer back to my comment of Dec 2007. The construction of the original Barn Cinema was started on Rte 611 at the location of the Rte 202 bypass. Construction stopped when the site was taken by the state. The theatre was then built at the location just below Edison Rd on the site purchased from Porter and Yaeger who owned the furniture store at the corner of Almshouse Road. The Silo was added shortly thereafter to the right of the original building. The building to the left was built adding two more screens. Lastly, the original auditorium was split creating the Barn 5. I have photographs of the various stages of expansion. If anyone wants them, please contact me at .
Here’s a link to a aerial look of the Budco Doylestown Barn Cinema from 1971: http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=12679
From this aerial, the portion that was to the right of the Barn Cinema wasn’t built, but the left portion (aka “The Silo”) was already built
Here is a December 1977 ad from the Doylestown Daily Intelligencer:
http://tinyurl.com/y9epgj7
If anyone knows, but how far back did the back wall of “The Silo” (aka Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #4/5) and the addition that became Barn Cinema #1 go to in relation to the original back wall of “The Barn Cinema” (aka Doylestown Barn Cinema-Budco/AMC Barn Theatres Houses #2/3)?
Mr. Abromwitz, maybe you would be kind enough to “add theater” on thiw website for those theaters you designed that aren’t here (determine if not here by google theater name town & cinema treasures or by looking in Theater Guide) and describing those theaters as you did for this one.
If you have blueprints, photographs, etc. then the Theatre Historical Society of America would be interested in a donation (and you could get a tax deduction).
As you know, these cinemas are our history, and people enjoyed them and fondly recall them.
My name is Mitchel Abramowitz. I was the architect for the original Barn Cinema as well as for many others for Budco Theatres. Those included the original 309 Cinema, Cinema I, Springfield, Del. Co. Cinema 141 in Prices Corner, Del. twin theatres in Plymouth Meeting, Tampa, FL, North Palm Beach, FL, several in New Jersey. The Barn was built by John Kapusta. It was originally built as a single screen. A second screen was added which was called the Silo. Subsequent additions and alterations resulted in a five screen complex. With the advent of stadium seating, all the old theatres were closed and except for the 309 Cinema, many were demolished.
You are correct, I was mistaken. The Budco Doylestown Barn Cinema was the first Twin theatre ever in Bucks County.
The Barn cinema WAS built by Budco theatres which also ran the County theatre. Both of these theatre were in Doylestown, Pa. One in the boro and the other in the twp. Budco Theatres owned,operated and managed both D-I’s and hardtops in the Tri state area.(Pa. N.J. Del.) Budco bought the goldman chain out of Phila. increasing the number of theatres.Some of the theatres on the list are: 309 D-I, Bucks co. D-I, Mainline D-I, 202 D-I, Family D-I, Exton D-i, Airport D-I, 61st D-I, I worked for this chain as a manager and a dist. manager and opened this theatre. rg