Herbert J. Krapp designed the brick structure using a Renaissance motif with retail stores housed under two-story "blind arches", a feature borrowed from Stanford White’s Madison Square Garden.

Completed in 1927, this movie palace and vaudeville house featured a luxurious 2,800 seat interior with 4 screens.

A Wurlitzer organ was installed in the theater in 1927 and was used to accompany silent movies and for intermissions and shows.

In 1950 Bela Lugosi appeared at the theater and performed his Horror and Magic Show.

[2] Jerry Lewis appeared onstage on July 12, 1961, for the opening of his second feature film as a director, The Ladies Man.