Empire Theatre [Chatham]
type: Item
label: Chatham Empire Theatre @es
description: Theatre building in Chatham, United Kingdom
description: bioscoop in Chatham, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Empire Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 2208
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Chatham
Wikidata source: Q39260181
Source URL: empire
opening date: 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: ChathamTheatres.htm#empire
architect: Frank Matcham
Carthalia ID: 2890
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built by Frank Matcham for Oswald Stoll on the site of the Gaiety Theatre [built 1890, closed 1911]. Opened 18 Mar 1912. Closed in 1960. Demolished in 1962. - Adjacent Picturehouse cinema built 1917 by H. H. Dunstall. Opened 19 Feb 1917. 1953 renamed Empire Cinema. Closed in 1961. Demolished in 1962.
demolished: 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z