Puritan Theatre
1741 Washington Street,
Boston,
MA
02118
1741 Washington Street,
Boston,
MA
02118
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Previously operated by: E.M. Loew's Theaters Inc.
Architects: James S. Ball
Previous Names: E.M. Loew's Puritan Theatre, Teatro America
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Known as the E. M. Loew’s Puritan Theatre, this was a neighborhood theater in Boston’s South End on Washington Street near the corner of Massachusetts Avenue.
Contributed by
Gerald A. DeLuca
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In a 1918 Boston stsreet directory, the Puritan is listed at 1741 Washington Street, west side of street, north of the Mass. Ave. intersection.
A rarity, I get to post a picture of a theatre before someone else!
A picture of the theatre from the Washington Street Elevated station: View link
The Puritan looks good in that photo. Too bad they have the approx. time it was taken, but not the year— Just an estimate, 1954-59.
Both features on the marquee in the photo were 1956 releases.
The facade was a light-grey color.
In the Street View photo above, the Puritan was located where the 6-story brick building is, to the right of the 2-story corner building with the green awning.
1938 map:
http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j324/MarkBul/puritantheatre1938.jpg
I live right around the corner from it now. I remember riding the old orange line and it’s so odd to see the street now. The tracks cast quite a shadow didn’t they?
I started working at the Puritan when I was 14 years old, back in 1962. I remember the manager, Mr. Goodman well. All of us teens who worked there thought of him as a father. He was a wonderful man. Although I started working at the Puritan I mostly worked at the National Theater on Tremont St. until 1965/66. One of the most interesting things I remember about the Puritan is that on weekends we sold cotton candy at the snack bar. At the end of the day we would leave with sticky cotton candy all over us.
Most of my family worked there at one time or another during the sixties. I have very fond memories of years I spent there.
Undated photo added, photo credit South End Historical Society.