Gordon's Olympia Theatre (est. 1910s) in
Boston
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,
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, was established by
Nathan H. Gordon of Olympia Theatres, Inc. Architect
Clarence Blackall
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Life and career
Blackall was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1857. He attended college at the University of Ill ...
designed the building at no.658
Washington Street, near Boylston Street in the theatre district. It later became the Pilgrim Theater. The building was demolished in 1996.
In late 1974, the Pilgrim Theater was the site of a drunken rant and press conference by
House Ways and Means Committee
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chairman
Wilbur Mills
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at the height of his sex scandal with
Fanne Foxe, which prompted his resignation from the committee shortly afterwards.
Images
Image:ClarenceBlackall theatre2 Boston AmericanArchitect March1915.png, Gordon's Olympia, Washington St., Boston, 1910s
Image:ClarenceBlackall theatre8 Boston AmericanArchitect March1915.png, Interior, 1910s
Image:1919 GordonsOlympia theatre BostonGlobe March25.png, Advertisement, 1919
Image:1919 GordonsOlympia Boston MotionPictureNews Nov15.png, Street entrance, 1919
Image:1919 GordonsOlympia Boston MotionPictureNews Dec6.png, Interior, 1919
Image:1920 Gordons theatres BostonGlobe May10.png, Advertisement, 1920
See also
*
Combat Zone, Boston
"Combat Zone" was the name given in the 1960s to the adult entertainment district in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on Washington Street (Boston), Washington Street between Boylston Street and Kneeland Street, the area was once the sit ...
References
External links
* Library of Congress
Drawing of Gordon's Olympia Theatre Washington St. near Boylston St., 1921.
* Bostonian Society
Photo of 634-658 1/2 Washington Street ca. 1958, showing Pilgrim Theater
* King, Loren (2013)
"Pilgrim" ''Caboose''.
"Escalators for Theaters"(1913), ''American Architect''.
by Don L. Stradley, 2014.
1910s establishments in Massachusetts
20th century in Boston
Boston Theater District
Cultural history of Boston
Former buildings and structures in Boston
Former theatres in Boston
1996 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Demolished buildings and structures in Boston
Buildings and structures demolished in 1996
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