2023 & Beyond
Local nonprofit organization Kutztown Community Partnership purchases the Strand from the estate of Paul Angstadt in February 2023. With a […]
Local nonprofit organization Kutztown Community Partnership purchases the Strand from the estate of Paul Angstadt in February 2023. With a […]
The dual-screen Strand is owned and operated by Paul Angstadt until his death in June of 2022. For decades, Angstadt
Paul Angstadt purchases the Strand in 1969 and operates it as a single theatre until the spring of 1977. Then,
Larry Fenstermacher purchases The Strand from Paul Herman in 1946, enlisting family members to operate the theatre. The Fenstermacher family
Paul Herman leases The Strand again, this time to Theodore Nyquist in 1932. One employee, Larry Fenstermacher, becomes a shareholder
In 1927, the theatre name is officially changed by Furman B. Willis, who begins leasing the building from Paul Herman.
The first movies shown at Herman’s Playhouse are silent films. Along with his ownership duties, Paul Herman works as the
In 1912, Paul Herman builds a dedicated theatre around the corner from Main Street’s Kinetoscope Arcade. The new building at
The Strand originates as the Kinetoscope Arcade located at 272 West Main St., currently the site of The Kutztown Tavern.