As was pointed out years ago, this needs to be changed to closed. By 2011, the ugly wood paneling on the ground floor had been removed, and the ‘Old’ dropped from the name. The 2015 streetview shows this as a bakery/coffee shop.
This is NOT demolished. Ground floor has a really ugly storefront in it, and the marquee has been replaced by a nasty shingle awning, but the building is still there.
Another note about this theater. Not only was the balcony segregated, which was typical in the Jim Crow south, but there was a divider running down the middle to keep Native Americans further segregated.
I uploaded a picture which shows a little bit of the theater. It was very late in the day when I came through, and I didn’t take any of the whole block, or the theater front. It’s better than nothing, but only just.
Whoever did the NRHP listing completely screwed this up. The building is on Water St. Theater was in 100, which is the right hand storefront of the block. Currently the entire building is a hardware store. It was built in three stages (you can see subtle differences in the brick) between 1898 and 1910. 100, home of the theater, was built first.
Very poor entry with no information. The NRHP listing for downtown Dillon says this was built in 1919, and remodeled in 1935 by Lafaye & Lafaye for H.H. Anderson. It went to the county in 1989 as a live performance venue. It is not showing movies. The Facebook page is going on 4 years out of date, but I think it may still be open.
I think it was renamed Rainbow very late in life. The picture I linked to is likely from the early ‘70s, and the theater still has a marquee which says 'Marion’ on it.
Façade has been restored recently. The cheap plastic marquee and ugly letters are gone, the left porthole was reopened, but for some reason they’ve mounted two industrial-looking floodlights on the front.
I’m a little dubious about this. 1920 Sanborn map shows this as auto repair, with the large fancy building next door listed as a showroom. This building is really narrow and deep, and the roof is pretty low. The map does show a theater at 212 E Main, which is a 2 story brick commercial building from the late 1800s.
Not sure why this listing is empty, there’s a bunch of information in the comments. The NRHP listing says that it was built in 1918, as a live theater/opera house. It originally seated 500. It was sold to O.C. Scarborough in 1930, which is when it became a movie theater.
This has been demolished. It’s now a parking lot. The library next door is 3309 E Main (NY 343). Could we please have some info added to the listing?
As was pointed out years ago, this needs to be changed to closed. By 2011, the ugly wood paneling on the ground floor had been removed, and the ‘Old’ dropped from the name. The 2015 streetview shows this as a bakery/coffee shop.
Map marker is wrong, because this map thinks there are two N Main Streets. Marker needs to be on the actual Main, likely the parking lot for the bank.
S. Main address is probably wrong. The NRHP listing for downtown has no mention of ‘Rex’ or ‘Roxy’.
This is NOT demolished. Ground floor has a really ugly storefront in it, and the marquee has been replaced by a nasty shingle awning, but the building is still there.
Another note about this theater. Not only was the balcony segregated, which was typical in the Jim Crow south, but there was a divider running down the middle to keep Native Americans further segregated.
I uploaded a picture which shows a little bit of the theater. It was very late in the day when I came through, and I didn’t take any of the whole block, or the theater front. It’s better than nothing, but only just.
Whoever did the NRHP listing completely screwed this up. The building is on Water St. Theater was in 100, which is the right hand storefront of the block. Currently the entire building is a hardware store. It was built in three stages (you can see subtle differences in the brick) between 1898 and 1910. 100, home of the theater, was built first.
Very poor entry with no information. The NRHP listing for downtown Dillon says this was built in 1919, and remodeled in 1935 by Lafaye & Lafaye for H.H. Anderson. It went to the county in 1989 as a live performance venue. It is not showing movies. The Facebook page is going on 4 years out of date, but I think it may still be open.
Marquee obviously wasn’t retained, it’s a reproduction. Was the building next door also a theater?
I think it was renamed Rainbow very late in life. The picture I linked to is likely from the early ‘70s, and the theater still has a marquee which says 'Marion’ on it.
According to the NRHP listing for downtown, it was built in 1924. Can we get more information for the listing?
Theater can be seen in this photo: http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/marion/S10817734005/pages/S1081773400522.htm
Map marker is wrong, and the address is wrong. It was at 313 N Main. Demolished years ago for a really ugly bank.
Façade has been restored recently. The cheap plastic marquee and ugly letters are gone, the left porthole was reopened, but for some reason they’ve mounted two industrial-looking floodlights on the front.
Now home to a barber college.
Currently houses a church.
Now a parking lot. Such a waste. An extremely ugly courthouse also replaced a historic structure at the same time.
I’m a little dubious about this. 1920 Sanborn map shows this as auto repair, with the large fancy building next door listed as a showroom. This building is really narrow and deep, and the roof is pretty low. The map does show a theater at 212 E Main, which is a 2 story brick commercial building from the late 1800s.
According to the 1920 Sanborn map, it did have a projector installed, so it might have showed movies from time to time.
Not sure why this listing is empty, there’s a bunch of information in the comments. The NRHP listing says that it was built in 1918, as a live theater/opera house. It originally seated 500. It was sold to O.C. Scarborough in 1930, which is when it became a movie theater.
Without an address, or any information, this listing is really useless. Ken’s old link is dead.
Without an address, or any information, this listing is really useless.
Not sure why this won’t map. 106 Clyde is correct. Very easy to spot in the satellite view. Clyde is one block to the east of the courthouse square.
According to the cornerstone, architects were Lafaye & Lafaye. It was built in 1935.