441 East 148th Street

also 445 East 148th Street, 436 East 149th Street | Mott Haven | built 1912

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1913

   George M. Cohan's Bronx Opera House puts its 2,500-seat auditorium on this site

   George M. Cohan developed the Bronx Opera House with the Bronx 149th Street Realty Company, a firm owned by Cohan and Harris, and built it in 1912-13 on the site of a commercial stable. Architect George Keister split it into a front building on 149th Street for the lobby and shops, and a rear building, which stood here, holding a theater designed for 2,500 people. Cohan & Harris leased the auditorium for its first 21 years.

   “The auditorium in the rear building, since demolished, was designed to seat 2,500 people, and was leased to Cohan & Harris for its first 21 years.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1913

   The Bronx Opera House opens with Fine Feathers and brings Broadway casts to the Bronx

   The theater that stood on this part of the lot opened in 1913 with Eugene Walter's play Fine Feathers, starring Max Figman and Lolita Roberson. It became known for Broadway shows with their original casts at cheaper "Subway Circuit" prices, among them Cohan in Broadway Jones, John Barrymore in Justice, Julian Eltinge in Cousin Lucy and John and Lionel Barrymore in Peter Ibbetson. Harry Houdini also performed there before the mid-1930s.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 2011

   A three-story office building replaces the Bronx Opera House auditorium

   After a plan to turn the old theater into a hotel was approved in 2008, the rear section holding the auditorium was torn down between 2009 and 2011 and this three-story office building was put up in its place. The front building on 149th Street became the Opera House Hotel in 2012-13. When the city landmarked the Bronx Opera House in 2023, this newer building was left out of the designation.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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