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first performed with Harry James at the Hippodrome. Live performances ceased in 1959, but movies remained strong through the 1960s. The Hippodrome finally closed in 1990 as the last movie theater in downtown Baltimore.
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The site had previously been occupied by the five story House Hotel, built in 1835 and destroyed by fire on May 25, 1912. The new theater had an original capacity of 3,000 seats and boasted a
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assumed stewardship. In 1920 the average weekly attendance was 30,000. During the 1930s the Hippodrome featured such performers as
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on a massive façade. The Hippodrome was renovated in 2004 for use as a performing arts theater, and is part of the
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Built in 1914 for impresarios Marion Scott Pearce and Scheck, the 2300-seat theater was the foremost
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The most recent renovation combined three contiguous existing buildings and a new structure: the
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In the period before it was renovated, it served as a filming location in the 2000
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This article is about the theatre in Baltimore. For other uses, see
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opened, it was the largest theatre in the United States south of
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house in Baltimore, as well as a movie theater. When the
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chain operated the Hippodrome from 1917 to 1924, then
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led the renovation. Clear Channel Entertainment (now
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Interior of the theater after its renovation in 2004
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore
Hippodrome (disambiguation)

Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore Arena
Maryland Stadium Authority
Key Brand Entertainment
Capacity
Thomas W. Lamb
www.baltimorehippodrome.com
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
39°17′23″N 76°37′17″W / 39.28972°N 76.62139°W / 39.28972; -76.62139
99001670
theater
Baltimore
Maryland

vaudeville
movie palace
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Lamb
terra cotta
Moller organ
Loew's
Keith-Albee-Orpheum
Jack Benny
Milton Berle
Bob Hope
Martha Raye

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