Park Square Theatre, Boston

Park Square Theatre, Boston, 1915

The Park Square Theatre (1915-1921) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a theatre in Park Square owned by Archibald and Edgar Selwyn.[1][2] It occupied the former Cort Theatre in a building designed by architect Clarence Blackall.[3][4] In 1921 "Selwyn's Park Square Theatre [was] renamed the Selwyn. ... In renaming the theatre, the owners ... made it one of a chain of Selwyn theatres in the United States."[1] In time the building "was replaced by a huge parking garage for automobiles."[5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Park Sq. Theatre renamed Selwyn after its owners." Boston Globe, June 11, 1921
  2. Blue Book of Cambridge for 1917. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
  3. American Architect, March 31, 1915
  4. "In August 1915, New York's Selwyn Group took over the Cort, renaming it the Park Square Theatre." King, Donald C. (2005), The theatres of Boston, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, 0786419105
  5. King. 2005
  6. Boston Evening Transcript, Nov. 20, 1915
  7. Boston Globe, Dec. 19, 1915
  8. 1 2 3 Boston Globe, Feb. 4, 1916
  9. Boston Globe, May 22, 1917
  10. Boston Globe, Feb. 2, 1918
  11. 1 2 Boston Globe, Oct. 22, 1919
  12. Boston Globe, Jan. 24, 1919
  13. Boston Globe, Aug. 30, 1920
  14. Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 1920
  15. Boston Globe, June 13, 1921

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