Westmacott Street, Picturedrome and Variety Palace

HER Number:
12849

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westmacott Street, Picturedrome and Variety Palace

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Cinema

Site Type: Specific:
Cinema

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Opened October 1910. A temporary building in wood and corrugated iron, 58 feet x 48 feet in plan. The foyer and projection box was in a wooden lean-to. There was one toilet behind a curtain to the right of the screen. The owner was Marshall J. Rutter, a house painter from Lemington. Rutter moved to the new Picture Theatre at Lemington in 1911 (HER 12850). The Picturedrome was taken over by Thomas R. Fyall but soon closed.

Easting:
416310

Northing:
565570

Grid Reference:
NZ416310565570

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, page 131; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 37, 130, 131, 160