On the 1919 map, 816 is a auto storage building that had earlier been used as a bottling plant. Given the small size and nearly square shape, the theater was most likely a replacement. On the 2013 streetview, there is one building left on this block, but the whole thing is now vacant lots.
I wonder if this theater was remodeled or reconstructed at some point? As shown on the 1921 map, it’s a wooden building with stucco coating. Only the small commercial space off to the side is brick.
Just to clarify, there is no remnant of the older building. What can be seen in the picture of the bank is a little penthouse on the roof, probably a mechanical room.
In addition, someone has posted a newspaper photo showing that the theater building was razed completely. The back wall of the bank may have been reused, since the alley windows look pretty old-fashioned.
Definitely needs to be listed as demolished. Looks like the church put up that ugly addition sometime right after the theater closed, judging by the architecture.
No, but he could have taken over a vacant operation just to get the equipment and seats, or bought it to reopen it. At any rate, there is definitely only one theater in town in 1921.
Atlanta Ave south of the railroad, and especially the portion between Ashe and Cohen (then known as B through D Streets), seem to have been the black neighborhood. The only businesses shown at all on the 1921 map were a tiny group of wooden stores on the east side, north of 20th. I doubt this was further south. The map ends at about the intersection with 17th, and there are very few structures.
Atlanta Ave south of the railroad, and especially the portion between Ashe and Cohen (then known as B through D Streets), seem to have been the black neighborhood. The only businesses shown at all on the 1921 map were a tiny group of wooden stores on the east side, north of 20th. I doubt this was further south. The map ends at about the intersection with 17th, and there are very few structures.
This theater had to have closed before May of 1921. Must have been in the 100 block of either East or West 6th. There was quite a bit of new construction on both blocks between the 1910 map and the 1921 map.
This listing is wrong. The Strand is already operating on the May 1921 Sanborn. This location has only a few small wooden shops and homes on the 1910 map.
The address cannot be right. 117 is a small commercial building on the south corner of the block. The mutilated remains of the theater got a terrible remodel to ‘match’ the old bank on the north corner. Looks like the address was 103 or 105 S Main. Still vacant on the 2016 streetview.
If this theater did open in 1919, it had already closed by 1921, when the map shows a billiard hall with offices above. This listing has incorrect information about the Strand, which appears on the 1921 map. The building may have originally been constructed before 1884, in which case it was heavily remodeled, with the extension at the rear being added to convert it to a theater. It was a restaurant, but was abandoned by 2015. The tile entry is still visible, although mistreated. During the year(s?) it was a theater, the address may have been 109 S Main, but odds and evens switched sides sometime before 1921.
The building dates to before 1889, although the front appears to have been remodeled around 1910-20. It was used for retail until conversion to a theater.
I would have expected to be able to find the building just past the theater, with the distinctive angled entry. Couldn’t find anything like it on the 1921 map. Ash St has lost maybe 80% of the buildings, but it seems the most likely.
No, that’s not it. The neighboring buildings don’t match at all, and there’s a street just past the theater in the picture, which obviously isn’t there. The building at 104 bears no resemblance at all to the one in the picture. There are 4 windows on the second floor, not two, etc.
The information about the opera house is wrong. This space is an empty lot on the 1913 map. The 1921 map shows the Gem theater at this location, in a building that probably became the old Ritz as shown before the 1951 remodel. Confusingly, the old address was 106-108 W Main, which coincides with the current address for where the Roxy used to be.
On the 1919 map, 816 is a auto storage building that had earlier been used as a bottling plant. Given the small size and nearly square shape, the theater was most likely a replacement. On the 2013 streetview, there is one building left on this block, but the whole thing is now vacant lots.
It’s not clear whether this was the actual name, or a generic title by the surveyor. The grocery store building is still there.
Added a photo of the actual building.
Finally, the building at 408 first appears on the 1917 map as a garage. The section at the rear (facing Jackson) was originally two stories.
The building says Harris at the top, over the date 1927. Any idea if he was the investor who built the theater?
I wonder if this theater was remodeled or reconstructed at some point? As shown on the 1921 map, it’s a wooden building with stucco coating. Only the small commercial space off to the side is brick.
Just to clarify, there is no remnant of the older building. What can be seen in the picture of the bank is a little penthouse on the roof, probably a mechanical room.
In addition, someone has posted a newspaper photo showing that the theater building was razed completely. The back wall of the bank may have been reused, since the alley windows look pretty old-fashioned.
That’s not part of an older building, it’s a little penthouse on the roof, probably a mechanical room.
Definitely needs to be listed as demolished. Looks like the church put up that ugly addition sometime right after the theater closed, judging by the architecture.
No, but he could have taken over a vacant operation just to get the equipment and seats, or bought it to reopen it. At any rate, there is definitely only one theater in town in 1921.
Atlanta Ave south of the railroad, and especially the portion between Ashe and Cohen (then known as B through D Streets), seem to have been the black neighborhood. The only businesses shown at all on the 1921 map were a tiny group of wooden stores on the east side, north of 20th. I doubt this was further south. The map ends at about the intersection with 17th, and there are very few structures.
Possibly what is now a Masonic lodge at 200 S Atlanta Ave?
Atlanta Ave south of the railroad, and especially the portion between Ashe and Cohen (then known as B through D Streets), seem to have been the black neighborhood. The only businesses shown at all on the 1921 map were a tiny group of wooden stores on the east side, north of 20th. I doubt this was further south. The map ends at about the intersection with 17th, and there are very few structures.
It may have been vacant, since there are several spaces with that note. Definitely wasn’t anywhere else. The map only shows the Strand.
Note that while this theater was operating, the address was 105. Sometime before 1921, odds and evens switched sides.
This theater had to have closed before May of 1921. Must have been in the 100 block of either East or West 6th. There was quite a bit of new construction on both blocks between the 1910 map and the 1921 map.
Location today is a dull blocky structure being used by a church, but which looks like the sort of thing a bank would have built in the late ‘50s.
This listing is wrong. The Strand is already operating on the May 1921 Sanborn. This location has only a few small wooden shops and homes on the 1910 map.
The address cannot be right. 117 is a small commercial building on the south corner of the block. The mutilated remains of the theater got a terrible remodel to ‘match’ the old bank on the north corner. Looks like the address was 103 or 105 S Main. Still vacant on the 2016 streetview.
If this theater did open in 1919, it had already closed by 1921, when the map shows a billiard hall with offices above. This listing has incorrect information about the Strand, which appears on the 1921 map. The building may have originally been constructed before 1884, in which case it was heavily remodeled, with the extension at the rear being added to convert it to a theater. It was a restaurant, but was abandoned by 2015. The tile entry is still visible, although mistreated. During the year(s?) it was a theater, the address may have been 109 S Main, but odds and evens switched sides sometime before 1921.
The building dates to before 1889, although the front appears to have been remodeled around 1910-20. It was used for retail until conversion to a theater.
1919 map calls it the Comus, 1924 map calls it the Strand.
I would have expected to be able to find the building just past the theater, with the distinctive angled entry. Couldn’t find anything like it on the 1921 map. Ash St has lost maybe 80% of the buildings, but it seems the most likely.
No, that’s not it. The neighboring buildings don’t match at all, and there’s a street just past the theater in the picture, which obviously isn’t there. The building at 104 bears no resemblance at all to the one in the picture. There are 4 windows on the second floor, not two, etc.
The information about the opera house is wrong. This space is an empty lot on the 1913 map. The 1921 map shows the Gem theater at this location, in a building that probably became the old Ritz as shown before the 1951 remodel. Confusingly, the old address was 106-108 W Main, which coincides with the current address for where the Roxy used to be.