Lee Theatre

3162 Williamson Road,
Roanoke, VA 24012

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Previously operated by: Consolidated Theatres

Architects: George A. Eheling

Firms: Eubank & Caldwell

Functions: Housing, Office Space

Styles: Streamline Moderne

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Lee Theatre

Located in a suburb of Roanoke. The Lee Theatre opened by Dan Weinberg on October 3, 1941 with Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes”. Seating was provided in orchestra and a small mezzanine level. There were two large murals located on the splay-walls on each side of the proscenium opening.

By the late-1970’s the Lee Theatre was operating as an adult theatre. It was closed on March 15, 1985 with Julia Parton in “Pleasure Zone” & Sharon Thorpe in “Overnight Sensation”. It later converted into office space on the ground floor and apartments on the first floor.

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Recent comments (view all 7 comments)

ghamilton
ghamilton on July 4, 2009 at 8:05 am

I mentioned this theater on another Roanoke listing years ago.The building still looks good,but was LONG ago converted to office space.Doesn’t really look like a theater,per se,unlike the Salem Theater.The one movie I remeber seeing there was the semi-grim Swedish Elvira Madigan.

Texas2step
Texas2step on July 5, 2019 at 7:18 pm

This one opened on October 3, 1941 with Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes”.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 5, 2019 at 8:03 pm

The correct address of the Lee Theatre is 3162 Williamson Road, at the southeast corner of Haffen Street. The building was not demolished, but converted for offices on the ground floor with apartments on a new second floor.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on September 29, 2021 at 8:44 pm

A comment by architect George A. Eheling in the September 22, 1948 issue of The Exhibitor says that he designed the Lee Theatre in Roanoke. It’s likely that Eubank & Caldwell acted as supervising architects for Eheling, whose office was in Cleveland, Ohio.

Also, note the correct address and current use for the Lee’s building in my previous comment.

rivest266
rivest266 on February 15, 2023 at 6:21 pm

and reopened by new owners in 1980 who showed adult movies until its listings ended (and presumed closed) in 1985.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on February 17, 2023 at 6:48 pm

Appears to have closed after the March 15, 1985 double feature of Julia Parton in “Pleasure Zone” and Sharon Thorpe in “Overnight Sensation.”

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