238 East 3rd Street | Block : 385 | Lot #24

Building Date : 1913
Original Use : Theater

Original Owner : Margaret Stuyvesant White, Elizabeth D. Merrill, Stuyvesant Tenbrooke Jackson
Original Architect : Louis A. Sheinart

Description & Building Alterations

In 1913, two brick tenement buildings on Lot 24 and 25 were replaced by a theater featuring moving pictures. The architect on the project was Louis A. Sheinart and the property was owned by Margaret Stuyvesant White, Elizabeth D. Merrill and Stuyvesant Tenbrooke Jackson. The building is one story in height and of brick construction. In 1922, an iron marquee was added over the entrance to the theater. Neither the theater nor the marquee survive today.

Block : 385 / Lot : 024 / Building Date : 1913 / Original Owner : Margaret Stuyvesant White, Elizabeth D. Merrill, Stuyvesant Tenbrooke Jackson / Original Use : Theater / Original Architect : Louis A. Sheinart

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