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The Star Theatre

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In 1914, the Star Theatre opened in an unused building at 30 Lowell street, Manchester, NH. The theatre held shows and featured stars such as Mary Pickford up until 1932. The building was then converted to “The Coconut Grove,” which was a ballroom and social hangout that lasted until 1953. It was demolished in 1981 to build the parking lot that resides there now.

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Backstory and Context

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In 1914, the Star Theatre opened in an unused building at 30 Lowell street, Manchester, NH. The structure was originally built in 1840. When Manchester was on route to becoming the textile manufacturing powerhouse of the world, the land was gifted to the Universalist Society by the Amoskeag Manufacturing company while roads were just being built in the area. The Universalist Society used the land to build the Lowell Street Church. The company, E.J. Caron paid $3,000 for renovations to change the structure from a church to a movie house. In 2018 this would be similar to $74,000. The theatre held shows and featured stars such as Mary Pickford up until 1932. The building was then converted again, this time to “The Coconut Grove,” which was a ballroom and social hangout that lasted until 1953. In the early sixties it became a retail outlet and it was demolished in 1981 to build the parking lot that resides there now.

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Accessed April 28th 2021. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=ff6646933877433080e6850e0eecdc23.

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