Arland W. Johnson (February 1871https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61378/records/2176421?tid=&pid=&queryId=da5bb67f-7624-4bec-9429-e58f2563c889&_phsrc=wYv36&_phstart=successSource – April 2, 1957https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61461/records/1321001?tid=&pid=&queryId=b6369bb4-6c07-42d2-8312-862608789c31&_phsrc=wYv39&_phstart=successSource) was an American architect. His work included theaters such as Proctor's Theatre in Troy, New York.
Johnson was born in Attica, Indiana to Charles Johnson, a carpenter from Sweden.https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/records/27335448?tid=&pid=&queryId=d3adae23-c3dc-458f-a0ab-945aba0cbdfb&_phsrc=wYv43&_phstart=successSource Arland married Mary E. Hathaway on June 12, 1895.https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61378/records/2176421?tid=&pid=&queryId=9a76c8a1-eade-4cc3-8698-775934e18c09&_phsrc=wYv47&_phstart=successSource They lived in Toledo, Ohio, where he had an office,https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/records/22134072?tid=&pid=&queryId=1044e573-762f-4719-aa55-5c90569f4486&_phsrc=wYv67&_phstart=successSource then moved to Westchester County, New York in 1912,https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2703/records/10763335 where he maintained an office in New York City.
Works Palladium Theatre (Worcester, Massachusetts) at 261 Main Street (still in use) Garde Arts Center at 325 State Street in New London, Connecticut (still in use) Eagles Theatre at 106 W. Market Street in Wabash, Indiana (still in use) Proctor's Theatre (Troy, New York) at 82 Fourth Street Proctor's Theatre (Mount Vernon, New York) at 6 Gramatan AvenueArchitecture and Building, Volume 46 W.T. Comstock Company, 1914 Broadway Theatre (Detroit, Michigan) at 1337 Broadway Columbia Theater (Sharon, Pennsylvania) at 82 W. State Street Commodore Hull Theatre at 65-67 Elizabeth Street in Derby, Connecticut Some of the building's features remain although it has been converted into a parking garage.Five movie theatres transformed into parking garages Yahoo Jefferson Theater (Auburn, New York) at 61 State Street Palace Performing Arts Center at 246 College Street in New Haven, Connecticut Washington Theatre (Detroit, Michigan) at 1505-1513 Washington BoulevardDetroit's Downtown Movie Palaces Michael Hauser, Marianne Weldon Arcadia Publishing, 2006 127 pages
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