Park Theatre (Philadelphia, Broad St.)
Park Theatre was a theatre located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at 701-705 North Broad Street. Constructed in 1889, it was situated at the corner of Broad and Fairmont Ave. It opened as a legitimate theatre and later became a venue for vaudeville, minstrel shows, and stock theatre. In 1911 it became part of the Nixon theatre chain, and was renamed the Empire Theatre. It was converted into a burlesque venue that also screened silent films. In March 1915 the theatre was closed after it was sold. It was sold again at auction the following December to John Wanamaker. Wanamaker converted the building into a new headquarters for the Salvation Army, and the building reopened as the Salvation Army Memorial Building on May 13, 1917. This building had an auditorium known as Evangeline Hall. The building later became known as the Salvation Army Memorial Temple. It was demolished in March 1970, and a new Salvation Army building was constructed on the same site which was open by November 1972.
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Salvation Army
North Broad Street 701
19122 Philadelphia, North Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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