East Side Theatre
2717 Gratiot Avenue,
Detroit,
MI
48207
2717 Gratiot Avenue,
Detroit,
MI
48207
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Architects: Lavern R. Bennett, George V. Pottle, Eugene D. Straight
Firms: Bennett & Straight
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The East Side Theatre was located on Gratiot Avenue just east of Chene Street. It was opened in 1910 by Sam Ackerman seating 782. It originally had a Wurlitzer pipe organ that is now in the Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oaks. In 1925, the theatre was remodeled by architect George V. Pottle. In 1937 it was remodelled by architectural firm Bennett & Straight.
The East Side Theatre operated some 50 years by the Ackerman family and later by David Korman. It closed in 1959 and later was converted to a church which has since been demolished.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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Wurlitzer theatre organ opus 1815 replaced an earlier, smaller Wurlitzer, their opus 1139 which had been installed in the East Side on 08/19/1925. Wurlitzer took Opus 1139 in trade and later sold it to the Sylvia Theatre in Bellevue, Kentucky.
Architects Bennett & Straight remodeled the East Side Theatre in 1937. Images in photos.