The Coyle Theatre

03/06/2023

The Menlo Theater was just one of a handful of theaters Charleroi once had that helped attract people into the community .... when the people wanted to shop, get a meal and take in a show .... kind of like the proverbial one-stop shopping experience of yester-year .... with those who crowded the streets of those days. ;-)

03/02/2023

A sample of what the original Coyle seating can look like when it is restored and refurbished .... in restoration/preservation work being done by expert professional restoration people.

08/28/2022

News:

The Coyle Documentary movie will be in select theaters first, then on our streaming service, then on Blue Ray/DVD/Digital download.

08/24/2022

08/14/2022

Getting as much of the exterior taken care of before the weather puts a stop to it IS a goal! (Y)

08/13/2022

Breaking News:

Pre-Coyle Documentary Movie Release Event and Discussion
Friday 8/26/2022 Doors open at 5:00pm. Event starts at 6:00pm at The Rostraver Township Historical Society.
All ages welcome. All must be signed in at the door.
Donations are welcome and memberships will be available.
All proceeds benefit the Mon Valley Historical Societies.

08/10/2022

Plans to turn the former Logan Theater into a multi-use music venue are underway

08/09/2022

Closed in 2012 as production moved to a newer plant in West Hershey and factories in Mexico, the original, iconic Hershey Chocolate factory was being demolished less than a year later. These are its final days.

08/09/2022

08/07/2022

Memories and remembering the old Menlo .... formerly known as the Majestic .... http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/16377

08/05/2022

Time to make a change in our leadership ?

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08/04/2022

In the BOOMING prosperity years of Charleroi .... having a variety of family oriented ENTERTAINMENT for many was a large part of what made POSITIVE economic conditions for everyone!

07/16/2022

The beautiful theater in Carlisle, PA

07/16/2022

Another great pic taken by Hershel McFeely, appears in early 1950s, after the Railroad Station had been destroyed, and the A & P built in its place, and appears that a circus (with elephants) trooping North on the street in the 400 Block of McKean. (Thanks, Diane Duda!) (Y)

01/27/2022

4th & McKean - Before the Coyle Project buildings were destroyed ....

12/12/2021

What Charleroi once had .... built c.1891, destroyed 2019.

12/09/2021

Another piece of iconic Charleroi history and community asset was lost .... and the long time and potential tax revenues that went with it ....

11/30/2021

Gone but the memory lives on.

Some history from May, 2016 ....

11/11/2021

Another historic theatre gone.

Demolition of Oil City’s landmark Drake Theatre on upper Seneca Street, where movie-goers were entertained for almost 60 years, began Tuesday.

10/24/2021

Always a good one to re-up ....

10/23/2021

Just a memory now.

09/11/2021

The Monier Hotel in its hey-day .... before any windows or doors were closed off. Designed by Charleroi's R. L. Barnhart.

08/28/2021

The Coyle Theatre built in 1891 at Charleroi,PA in Washington County. Photograph courtesy of Melanie Patterson for On The Road in Pennsylvania. http://www.monvalleyculturaltrust.org/home.html

07/16/2021

Once upon a time ....
Charleroi had many attractions ....
And having 4 on-going theaters ....
Was something that brought in many ....
Among other such things that people ....
Gave time, money brought their families to ....
Back when, once upon a time ....
For more on Charleroi's theaters, go here: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/16377