Columbia Theatre (Boston)

The Columbia Theatre (1891-ca.1957) or Loew's New Columbia Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema located in the South End at no.978 Washington Street.[1][2] Charles Frohman, Isaac Baker Rich and William Harris ("Rich & Harris and Charles Frohman") oversaw the theatre until 1895.[3][4][5][6] Owners included J.J. Grace of New York and Loews.[7] Staff included Harry Farren,[8] Saul Hamilburg and Philip Shea.[9] The Columbia existed until its demolition in 1957.[10][11]

Columbia Theatre, Washington Street, Boston, 1892

Performances

Notable people

Images
  • Advertisement for "His Wedding Day," 1893
  • Interior, 1896
  • Detail of 1896 map of Boston, showing location of Columbia Theatre
  • Advertisement for Evans & Hopper, 1903
  • Seating plan, 1904
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References
  1. Boston Almanac, 1893-1894. "Loew's New Columbia Theatre," Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
  2. Appleton's general guide to the United States and Canada, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1893, OCLC 11144549, OL 24928392M
  3. Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1893
  4. Isaac Baker Rich (b. 1827). Men of progress: one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston: New England Magazine, 1896, OL 7183032M
  5. Marcosson, Isaac Frederick; Frohman, Daniel (1916), Charles Frohman: Manager and Man, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 1548290, OL 23285781M
  6. "On July 1 it will pass from the hands of Rich & Harris into the hands of R.M. Gulick & Co. and Davis & Keogh." ("Boston's Columbia Theatre: Rich and Harris and Charles Frohman finally dispose of the lease." New York Times, May 24, 1895)
  7. New York Times, May 24, 1895
  8. The Billboard, Dec. 7, 1907
  9. "Columbia Theatre in new hands." Boston Evening Transcript - Dec 30, 1899
  10. Cinematreasures.org. Columbia Theatre, 978-986 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02445
  11. Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History". Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  12. Boston Globe, Feb. 6, 1893
  13. Boston Globe, Feb. 26, 1893
  14. Boston Globe, March 5, 1893
  15. Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894
  16. Boston Daily Globe, April 22, 1894
  17. Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 22, 1894
  18. Boston Evening Transcript - May 24, 1900

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