Modern Theatre (Boston)
Encyclopedia
The Modern Theatre on Washington Street
in Boston
, Massachusetts
was first opened in 1876 as the Dobson Building, designed by Levi Newcomb. It was renovated in 1914 as a movie theatre by architect Clarence Blackall
; by 1980 it had fallen into neglect and dilapidation. In 2009-2010 Suffolk University
demolished the theater but retained the original facade of theatre, and constructed a new building on the site. Suffolk's new Modern Theatre opened on November 4, 2010.
Washington Street (Boston)
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of it was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early nineteenth century...
in Boston
Boston
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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was first opened in 1876 as the Dobson Building, designed by Levi Newcomb. It was renovated in 1914 as a movie theatre by architect Clarence Blackall
Clarence Blackall
Clarence Howard Blackall was an American architect who is estimated to have designed 300 theatres.He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1857. He attended college at the University of Illinois School of Architecture, graduating with a B.S. in 1877, and received training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...
; by 1980 it had fallen into neglect and dilapidation. In 2009-2010 Suffolk University
Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private, non-sectarian, university located in Boston, Massachusetts and with over 16,000 students it is the third largest university in Boston...
demolished the theater but retained the original facade of theatre, and constructed a new building on the site. Suffolk's new Modern Theatre opened on November 4, 2010.
Further reading
- Boston Landmarks Commission. Modern Theatre: study report. 2002.
External links
- Modern Theatre history. Suffolk University, Boston.
- Cinema Treasures. Modern Theatre.
- Flickr. Photo of Modern/Mayflower Theatre building, 2007.
- http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=1840
- Flickr. Photo, Sept. 2010.
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/50992596@N00/4447801500/in/set-72157623531565963/. Photo, Sept. 2005.