11-625: Princess Theatre or Princess Theater may refer to: In Australia [ edit ] Princess Theatre (Fremantle) , Western Australia Princess Theatre (Launceston) , Tasmania Princess Theatre (Melbourne) , Victoria Princess Theatre (Woolloongabba) , Brisbane (1888-1889) In Canada [ edit ] Princess Theatre (Edmonton) , Alberta Princess Theatre, Toronto, Ontario - Opened as The Academy of Music in 1890; renamed Princess in 1895; destroyed by fire in 1915 and rebuilt; demolished in 1931 to make way for University Avenue extension. In
22-580: A hairdressing salon. The upper floors are occupied by various small businesses including architecture firms PardoeDesign and Harris Design Group, developers Yolk, and short term creative co-working studio FSpace. The basement is not used as it is below sea level and flooded (if not pumped out). Market Street, Fremantle Market Street, Fremantle is the location of the Fremantle Post Office in Fremantle , Western Australia. It commences opposite
33-587: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Princess Theatre (Fremantle) The Princess Theatre , located at 29–33 Market Street, Fremantle , Australia, was built in 1912. It closed in 1969 and is now used for offices and retail businesses. The theatre was built on the site of an old warehouse that was demolished. It was purpose built 1912 for Captain Frank Biddles (1851–1932) (a master pearler from Broome , who had semi-retired to Fremantle in 1902). It
44-505: The Fremantle railway station , intersects with High Street and joins with South Terrace at an intersection with Bannister Street. It is also part of the boundary of the Fremantle West End Heritage area . The street was named with the intention of there being a market place at what is now the railway station site, however markets were never established. The National Hotel and Princess Theatre did later locate along
55-681: The Princess Theatre from 1902 to 1907 Princess Theatre (New York City, 1980–1984), operating on site of the Latin Quarter nightclub Princess Theatre (Portland, Oregon) , now known as the Star Theater See also [ edit ] Prince's Theatre Princess's Theatre, London , England Princess of Wales Theatre , Toronto, Canada Prince of Wales Theatre , London, England Teatro Princesa , Valencia, Spain Topics referred to by
66-847: The United Kingdom [ edit ] Princess Theatre, Hunstanton , Norfolk, England Princess Theatre (Torquay) , Devon, England In the United States [ edit ] Princess Theatre (Bloomington, Indiana) , in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Indiana Princess Theatre (Decatur, Alabama) Princess Theatre (Winnsboro, Louisiana) , historic theater in Winnsboro, Louisiana Princess Theatre (New York City, 1913–1955) Princess Theatre (New York, 29th Street) , open from 1875 to 1907, known as
77-548: The building as the management changed as a new cinema opened but he returned in 1917 to take over the business. In 1915, Captain Biddles made the basement of the Princess Theatre available to provide amenities for army and naval personnel. This was the early beginnings of the RSA, later to become known as the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL). A more permanent structure was built
88-633: The following year nearby. The building was extensively reconstructed in 1941 and the auditorium lost its original 1912 décor. On 26 June 1969, the Princess Theatre closed, and the building was converted to commercial uses. The building was classified by the National Trust of Australia in May 1974 and placed on the Register of National Estate in March 1978. The ground floor is currently occupied by Kakulas Sister and
99-429: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Princess Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Theatre&oldid=1178444483 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
110-513: The street. John K. Ewers , a Western Australian poet and writer, wrote a poem about the street in 1932 that included the following lines, no doubt reflecting on the people leaving or arriving at the railway station and the port: The folk you meet in Market-street are humble folk and grand: [...] The sights you see in Market-street are stranger than a dream: [REDACTED] Australian Roads portal This Fremantle -related article
121-476: Was designed by a local architect, John McNeece, and built by Mr C. Moore, at a cost of £22,000. The theatre, with a seating capacity of 1,850, was opened on 21 December 1912 by the Mayor of Fremantle , Frederick James McLaren . The opening night included a screening of The French Spy and vaudeville performances by Miss Elsie McGuire. Until 1914 the theatre was managed by Thomas Coombe . Coombe then lost contact with
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