Then and Now: Kimball's Starlight Ballroom

Of all of the great long-ago landmarks of Lynnfield, photos of Kimball's Starlight Ballroom for some reason seem to be fairly uncommon - considering how the place would typically draw hundreds of people on any given night, as well as some of the nation's most well-known musical acts of the era, such as Duke Ellington.

This photo provides some perspective on what the place looked like - it was literally a giant open-air dance floor with a stage over on one end that was covered by what may or may not be an art deco aircraft carrier superstructure.

Elsewhere on eBay, this photo remains, and was written about at some previous point in this website. The image, no longer up for sale, is a press photo taken in 1932 showing the place filled with dancers one night.

Today, all that remains of Kimball's Starlight Ballroom is a historical marker in the lobby of the Sunrise Senior Living facility on Salem Street near the Wakefield line.