Comments from Nessa

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Nessa commented about Kearse Theatre on Nov 14, 2021 at 9:26 am

Here’s a link to a nice photo https://wvhistoryonview.org/image/052406.jpg

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Nessa commented about State Theater on Nov 13, 2021 at 6:59 pm

Should be listed as demolished, came down in 1972 or 1973

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Nessa commented about Virginia Theatre on Nov 13, 2021 at 5:55 pm

If this address is accurate, this building has been demolished. The current building at this address was a G.C. Murphy’s store and looks nothing like the buildings in the picture.

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Nessa commented about Fairmont Theater on Nov 12, 2021 at 7:52 pm

Updated link to interior photos taken shortly before demolition: http://travelogue.darkpassage.com/show/fairmont/

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Nessa commented about Grafton Drive-In on Nov 12, 2021 at 4:01 pm

The ticket booth and screen are gone but speakers and projection booth / snack bar seem to still be standing.

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Nessa commented about Manos Theatre on Nov 12, 2021 at 3:57 pm

As of 2021 the marquee has been removed.

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Nessa commented about Grand Theatre on Nov 6, 2021 at 2:13 pm

Supposedly some manner of restoration is in progress:

https://www.facebook.com/philippigrandtheatre/

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Nessa commented about Orpheum Theatre on Oct 22, 2021 at 2:20 pm

The building in the picture is on 330 W. Main St., the IOOF building is still standing.

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Nessa commented about Paramount Theatre on Oct 22, 2021 at 2:11 pm

Okay, I’m 100% sure this is Pike St., the tallest building on the right is the Waldo Hotel and the buildings on the left are now all a parking lot.

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Nessa commented about Paramount Theatre on Oct 22, 2021 at 2:03 pm

I’m not sure of this address, there’s almost no commercial buildings at all on Hamill Avenue, though that one building on Hamill does look pretty theatrical. I found this photo in the WVU archives identified as Pike St. after a Thanksgiving snowstorm.

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Nessa commented about Skyline Drive-In on Oct 22, 2021 at 8:07 am

2021 Streetview indicates that the sign has … sorta … been restored. I’ll try to get over there to snap a pic.

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Nessa commented about Robinson Grand Performing Arts Theatre on Oct 22, 2021 at 7:51 am

This theatre has been (mostly) restored and is currently open again!

https://www.therobinsongrand.com/

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Nessa commented about Colonial Theatre on Oct 20, 2021 at 6:28 pm

I do believe the theatre pictured is actually the Rice theatre, but I could be wrong.

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Nessa commented about Princess Theatre on Oct 20, 2021 at 6:14 pm

The building was a restaurant for a while but is currently serving as a dance studio (as of 2021.)

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Nessa commented about Columbia Theatre on Oct 20, 2021 at 6:12 pm

The Women’s Club purchased the building in 1958, so it has been closed as a theatre since at least that time. National register listing dates the building to c. 1900.

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Nessa commented about Columbia Theatre on Oct 20, 2021 at 6:09 pm

Address is 26 Bridge Street.

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Nessa commented about Mannington Theater on Oct 20, 2021 at 5:33 am

When I was there in 2015, the manager of the bar was nice enough to show me around. The inside at that time was still very much a theatre, and the projection booth was still intact with projectors still in place. HVAC systems had lowered the ceiling but the top of the screen area was still visible via a storage closet upstairs.

Looks like the pub that was there is closed right now, though.

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Nessa commented about Fairyland Theater on Oct 19, 2021 at 6:33 pm

I thought for sure this building was doomed (it was condemned when I was in town in 2012), but the most recent Street View photos show someone is working on it and some of the windows are un-boarded.

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Nessa commented about State Theatre on Oct 19, 2021 at 5:24 am

The marquee now says SOLD though I don’t know what the plans for the building are.

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Nessa commented about Squirrel Hill Theatre on Oct 14, 2021 at 6:55 pm

The building has been demolished.

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Nessa commented about Lincoln Square Theatre on Oct 14, 2021 at 5:51 pm

Google Maps seems to indicate the building was demolished sometime between 2016 and 2020.

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Nessa commented about LaBelle Thetare on Oct 13, 2021 at 7:05 pm

I was by there the other day and I’m sorry to say that the facade has been remodeled in the most horrible way possible, and the marquee and neon are all gone.

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Nessa commented about West Theatre on Oct 13, 2021 at 6:41 pm

Some quick research, looks like it was playing second-second-run B-movies by 1963. By 1974, it was a Levin’s department store. In 1975, the West Theatre company owed over $1000 in delinquent taxes.

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Nessa commented about West Theatre on Oct 12, 2021 at 8:12 am

This theatre is in rough shape, but it’s not demolished, I just photographed it yesterday.

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Nessa commented about Raydonna Theatre on Jul 22, 2021 at 5:47 pm

Assuming this is the same theatre, this site (https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3409/) suggests it was originally called the Jackson Theatre.