Lyric Theatre
Title
Lyric Theatre
American Music Hall
Subject
Description
The theater was known as the American Music Hall when it opened in 1908. With new ownership in 1915, came the new name the Lyric Theatre.
Date
1908
State
demolished
Condition History
The building was purchased by the Newark News in 1956, and they continued to show films until 1964. It was demolished in 1965.
Bibliography
Morrison, Craig. Theaters. W.W. Norton & Company, 2006, p. 128, ART-181.
Read, Philip M. Movie Houses of Greater Newark. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2013, p. 31-32
“The Lyric Theatre, Newark, N.J.” Architecture and Building, v. 41, October, 1908 – September, 1909, p.107-112, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000969825t;view=1up;seq=127. Accessed 2 December 2016.
Web Resources
[Lyric Theatre, Market St. near Broad St., Newark, New Jersey] / AFD 1937. Library of Congress, Photos, Prints, and Drawings, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005676558/
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