Arista Theatre
W. Main Street,
Lebanon,
KY
40033
W. Main Street,
Lebanon,
KY
40033
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The Arista Theatre was opened by Rowland Clark on March 19, 1914. The theatre could seat 810 patrons. It suffered damage from a fire in June 1914 and was destroyed by another fire on December 4, 1914.
A second Arista Theatre was opened in an existing building on W. Main Street on February 5, 1915. (It has its own page on Cinemas Treasures as Arista Theatre #2 as does the 3rd Arista Theatre).
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The Arista Theatre at Lebanon, Kentucky, was mentioned in the April 13, 1918, issue of The Moving Picture World. The Arista’s operator, Rowland Clark, had just leased the Alhambra Theatre in nearby Campbellsville.
Local film pioneer, Rowland Clark (sometimes spelled as “Roland"), opened the Alamo Picture Theatre in 1910 to show silent movies. He opened this, the first of three Arista Theaters, on March 19, 1914 in the Hundley Building, formerly a retail store. E.C. Ceoppock of Campbellsville created the 250-seat auditorium.
Clark discontinued the Alamo Alamo Picture Theater – also on Main Street - that same year. A fire in June of 1914 threatened the operation. The second fire saw the end of the Arista and Hundley Building on December 4, 1914.
The second Arista was located in the same address and could be found in the Clark Building on Main Street launching February 5, 1915. It has its own entry as Arista Theatre #2. Arista “#2” closed after 20 years there and a New Arista Theatre opened on Spalding. The New Arista also has its own entry.