Park Square Theatre (Boston)

Park Square Theatre, Boston, 1915
Not to be confused with Selwyn's Theatre.

The Park Square Theatre was a theatre in Park Square in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by architect Clarence Blackall. It opened January 19, 1914, as the Cort Theatre, named for impresario John Cort. It was his first theatrical venue in Boston.[1]

In August 1915 the Cort Theatre was purchased by Archibald and Edgar Selwyn and renamed the Park Square Theatre.[2][3][4][5] In 1921 it was renamed the Selwyn Theatre, one of many Selwyn theatres in the United States.[2] In time the building was replaced by a parking garage.[6]

  1. ^ "What Is Going On in Boston's Theatres This Week". Boston Sunday Post. January 11, 1914. p. 24.
  2. ^ a b "Park Sq. Theatre renamed Selwyn after its owners." Boston Globe, June 11, 1921
  3. ^ Blue Book of Cambridge for 1917. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
  4. ^ American Architect, March 31, 1915
  5. ^ "In August 1915, New York's Selwyn Group took over the Cort, renaming it the Park Square Theatre." King, Donald C. (2005), The theatres of Boston, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, OL 3392044M, 0786419105
  6. ^ King. 2005