Rivoli Theatre

12 2nd Street NW,
Hickory, NC 28602

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 30, 2020 at 2:06 pm

June 1970 photo added to gallery credit Susan Jackson Wilson. Rivoli Theatre building on 2nd Street on the far left under the green arrow, behind the Catawba Theatre on Union Square. Page I added for the Catawba Theatre below as well.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/62556

Texas2step
Texas2step on November 7, 2017 at 8:10 pm

This one opened as the Hub Theatre on October 4, 1912.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 30, 2013 at 3:30 am

Ken, the Hub theater definitely occupied the building at what is now 12 2nd Street NW. Here’s Google Street View, since we aren’t getting one at the top of the page right now.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 29, 2013 at 7:39 am

Trade Avenue still exists, but appears as Trade Alley on some maps. Union Square exists, too, though altered somewhat. The Rivoli Theatre must have been in the building that now houses Wee Mount-N-Friend Frame shop, which is at 12 2nd Street NW.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 28, 2013 at 4:55 pm

I’m sure 1010 13th St. SW is a pre-1951 address. In that year, street names and addresses were changed throughout Hickory. 13th Street became 2nd Street, and I believe the 1000 block SW became either the 100 block SW or the 100 block NW (it would depend on whether the pre-1951 system had any numbers of less than 3 digits or not.) Even the way odd and even numbers were distributed might have changed in 1951, so I’m not sure if the modern address of the Rivoli’s location would be (approximately) 110 2nd St. or 109 2nd St.