Ohio Theatre (Toledo, Ohio)
Introduction
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Images
Ohio Theatre in 1922
![Ohio Theatre in 1922](https://storage.googleapis.com/clio-images/medium_17815.34353.jpg)
Ohio Theatre Stage and Stage Pit in 1922
![Ohio Theatre Stage and Stage Pit in 1922](https://storage.googleapis.com/clio-images/medium_17815.34354.jpg)
JFK in Toledo in 1959
![JFK in Toledo in 1959](https://storage.googleapis.com/clio-images/medium_17815.34355.jpg)
Ohio Theatre in 2011 taken before renovation work was completed
![Ohio Theatre in 2011 taken before renovation work was completed](https://storage.googleapis.com/clio-images/medium_17815.34356.jpg)
1921 program from the Ohio Theatre's Grand Opening advertising the first film to be played there, The Mask of Zorro
![1921 program from the Ohio Theatre's Grand Opening advertising the first film to be played there, The Mask of Zorro](https://storage.googleapis.com/clio-images/medium_17815.34357.jpg)
1921 movie poster for The Mask of Zorro
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Backstory and Context
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The Lagrange Street Amusement Company built the theater, which was one of 41 movie houses in the city at the time. Similar theaters were built across the country and offered a relatively cheap place for people to be entertained during the Great Depression years. The theater was sold to the Bialorucki family in 1923. They owned it until 1974 when the Catholic Diocese purchased it. It was sold to a non-profit in 2004 then to United North . in 2009.