Washington Theatre
511 Weathers Street,
Shelby,
NC
28150
511 Weathers Street,
Shelby,
NC
28150
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This Quonset Hut style theater sported a brick false front with a few Streamline Moderne details. The Washington Theatre served Shelby’s African-American community in the late-1940’s and operated until at least 1955. In addition to movies, the theater sometimes presented live music.
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This is an item from the July 3, 1948 issue of Showmen’s Trade Review: “Washington Theatres, Inc., in which P. B. Shearer and Dr. H. C. Thompson are associated, are constructing a 5OO-seat theatre for the Negro trade at Shelby, N. C. The brick and steel will cost $40,000, it is stated.”