The Somerville Theatre, since 1914

[ron_newman]

David Guss's Lost Theatres website has two big Flash photo essays about the history of the Somerville Theatre and its surrounding neighborhood, from 1914 to the current day.

Somerville Theatre: 1914-1925
Somerville Theatre: 1926-2003

and, while you're at it, also look at Day Street Olympia

Comments

Re: it's deceiving...

[ron_newman]

Yeah, it's the second floor lobby. Here's a Flash-free, direct link to that blueprint.

(Would an architect today use the word "Vomitory" to describe the entrance from that lobby to the balcony?)