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Tremont Theatre was a theater constructed in about 1910 with seating for 942. It was located on Webster Avenue and East 178th Street, beside a New York Telephone Company building. One of the earliest purpose-built cinemas, it was known by various names during its use including Tremont Yiddish Theatre, Cinema Tremont, Moss's Tremont Avenue, and the Hamilton Theater. The theater closed around 1960.

Organ Specifications: It had a II/7 "Style 3" Wurlitzer, Op. 9 in 1912 and an M. P. Moller pipe organ, Opus 2952, 3 Manual/17 Rank installed in 1921 at a cost of $8,000.

Weblinks

• New York City Chapter of The American Guild of Organists listing (with photograph of storefront)

References

1. Twomey, Bill (2002). South Bronx. Arcadia Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7385-1020-0.
2. Back in the Bronx: celebrating the experience of growing up and living in the Bronx. Vol. 2. Internet Archive. Scarsdale, NY: S.M. Samtur. 1995. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-9657221-0-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
3. "NYPL Digital Collections". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
4. Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(still image) Bronx: Webster Avenue - 178th Street". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
5. "Tremont Theatre - The Bronx, NY". New York City Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. Retrieved 2024-11-07.

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