Louis Magaziner

Louis Magaziner (March 7, 1878 – May 19, 1956) was the senior partner of a series of architectural firms based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Hungary, he came to the U.S. with his parents and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as an architect in 1900.

His firms included Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris, credited with the design of eight theaters including the Broadway Theatre at 43 S. Broadway in Pitman, New Jersey; Felton Theatre (1925 remodel of 1919 building) at 4800 Rising Sun Avenue in Philadelphia (since converted into a supper club); Lansdale Theater at 545 W. Main Street in Lansdale, PA (since demolished); Media Theatre for the Performing Arts at 104 E. State Street in Media, PA; Midway Theatre at 1835 E. Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, PA; Ogontz Theatre at 6033 Ogontz Avenue in Philadelphia, PA; Rockland Theater at 4910 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia; Uptown Theatre (Philadelphia) at 2240-2248 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia. The Broadway and Media theaters remain open.

The firm also designed the Wingwood House in Bar Harbor, Maine (1927) for Edward T. Stotesbury and his second wife. It was demolished in 1953.

The later works of his career were austere and modernist. These included the Sidney Hillman Medical Center (demolished in 2011), and a Conservative Synagogue (1949) at 53rd and Euclid Streets in Philadelphia.

The Magaziner Collection of architectural drawings is held at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris was a going concern from 1922 until 1930. His son Louis Magaziner's son Henry Magaziner was a well-respected architectural preservationist and author in Philadelphia. Provided by Wikipedia