Gordon's Olympia Theatre (Boston)

Gordon's Olympia Theatre (est. 1910s) in Boston, Massachusetts, was established by Nathan H. Gordon of Olympia Theatres, Inc.Donald C. King. The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.CinemaTreasures.org. Nathan Gordon’s Olympia circuit Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building at no.658 Washington Street, near Boylston Street in the theatre district.American Architect, March 31, 1915 It later became the Pilgrim Theater. The building was demolished in 1996.

In late 1974, the Pilgrim Theater was the site of a drunken rant and press conference by House Ways and Means Committee chairman Wilbur Mills at the height of his sex scandal with Fanne Foxe, which prompted his resignation from the committee shortly afterwards.

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See also Combat Zone, Boston

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Library of Congress. Drawing of Gordon's Olympia Theatre, Washington St. near Boylston St., 1921. Bostonian Society. Photo of 634-658 1/2 Washington Street, ca. 1958, showing Pilgrim Theater King, Loren (2013). "Pilgrim", Caboose. "Escalators for Theaters" (1913), American Architect. A Few Tales from the Pilgrim by Don L. Stradley, 2014.