Albee Theatre Facade, Cincinnati


  • Address: W 5th St
  • Vicinity: Plum St, Old address: 12 E 5th St
  • Type: Architectural Remnant
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1927/12/00 Thomas W Lamb Architect The E F Albee Photoplays Theatre is completed for vaudeville impresario, Edward Franklin Albee.
1927/12/00 Lisbon, Harris, Heidingsfeld Owners The E F Albee Photoplays Theatre is completed for vaudeville impresario, Edward Franklin Albee.
1927/12/24 Dorothy Arzner Director The 3,500-seat E F Albee Photoplays Theatre opens with "Get Your Man". Directed by Dorothy Arzner, the silent romantic comedy stars Clara Bow. The 60 minute motion picture is accompanied by five live vaudeville acts.
1927/12/24 Edward Franklin Albee II Owner The 3,500-seat E F Albee Photoplays Theatre opens with "Get Your Man". Directed by Dorothy Arzner, the silent romantic comedy stars Clara Bow. The 60 minute motion picture is accompanied by five live vaudeville acts.
1930/04/15 Lisbon, Harris, Heidingsfeld Owners Lisbon, Harris, Heidingsfeld sell 17 playhouses to Radio-Keith-Orpheum for $3,000,000.
1974/09/17 The Albee Theatre is razed. Portions are saved and are now located in other buildings including Music Hall and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. The facade is part of the Sabin Convention Center, about 3 blocks from the original site.
1974/09/17 RKO Pictures Owners RKO closes the Albee Theatre. The last film is "Big Bad Mama". Directed by Steve Carver, the feature stars Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt and Susan Sennett.

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Particulars for Albee Theatre Facade, Cincinnati:
Disposition Architectural Remnant
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Performing Arts
Owner Private
Area of Significance Theatre



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 1st January 1999

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Albee Theatre
Registry Address: 12 E. 5th St.
Registry Number: 72001016
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Lamb,Thomas; Albee-Harris-Libon-Heidingsfeld
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register
Certification: Removed from National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Performing arts
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1927
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Theater

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