West 7th Street, Gannon College Theatre, Erie PA

The old Gannon College Theatre on West 7th St. in Erie, PA. Photo ©Debbi Lyon 2012.

The Gannon College Theatre was located at 128 West 7th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. You can see the old Playhouse sign in front of the theater in this photograph. This shot was taken on West 7th Street looking west, between Peach and Sassafras Streets. The three-story building to the left of the theater was the Cathedral of Saint Paul Chapter House office at 134 West 7th Street. The two-story brick building on the far left was the Pennsylvania State Bureau of Employment Security at 144 West 7th St. These buildings were all demolished.

These buildings have all been demolished. Gannon College is now Gannon University. The Nash Library occupies the western end of this photo. The times they are a changing.'

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Gannon College Theatre

Gannon College Theatre photo by Chester Wasielewski copyright 2012.

Gannon College Theatre/Playhouse

The old Gannon College Theatre, shown on the right, was across the street from the Zurn Science Center on West 7th Street in Erie. The old Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment was housed in the building on the left.

The landscape looks much different today. The buildings were eventually razed for green space and a parking lot for the campus of Gannon University.