I suppose it’s possible, but the building was the same size before it became a theater. It’s more likely that the construction and expansion of neighboring buildings meant the end had to be shortened to allow entry into the small lot behind the buildings.
I added a map view. Screwed up on my visit here and missed this entire block. The livery stable is the location of the Strand, which began construction sometime in 1923.
The Ace was at 203 Broadway. Building still there, recently remodeled and a small neon sign added noting that it was the Ace. Building looks to be from the ‘30s.
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Jun 5, 2022 at 1:44 pm
No theaters at all on the 1919 map. Probably on the west side at the north end, and thus demolished. It could have been in one of the buildings on the east side just north or south of Davis Alley, since those have had the storefronts filled in. Broadway is called Kirtley on older maps.
Needs to be listed as demolished. Proper address should be on E Liberty.
The front of the building is completely trashed. Only the portion where the marquee was mounted has any detail left.
Demolished sometime after 2017.
Long ago demolished.
Demolished. Ugly modern buildings and parking lots on that side of the block.
Needs the status updated.
Demolished sometime between 2007 and 2012, along with about half of the sad remains of downtown.
Address today is 321-323.
Needs to be listed as demolished.
Needs to be listed as demolished.
Needs to be listed as demolished.
Long demolished. This area is a wasteland of parking garages and some new condos.
Address is wrong. It’s at 5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave, NE. Gutted and turned into housing.
1,000 seats for such a small town, even with a lot of tourist traffic, seems pretty ridiculous. Maybe they came to their senses.
I suppose it’s possible, but the building was the same size before it became a theater. It’s more likely that the construction and expansion of neighboring buildings meant the end had to be shortened to allow entry into the small lot behind the buildings.
This is almost identical to the Princess in Murfreesboro, TN.
Should have a picture of this, but I skipped the entire block either by accident or because the morning sun was bad.
The address is right, but the marker is off by a few miles.
Apparently, this building replaced an older theater (probably live only) which had burned.
I added a map view. Screwed up on my visit here and missed this entire block. The livery stable is the location of the Strand, which began construction sometime in 1923.
Facade (which was vitrolite, not tile) was ripped off sometime between July 2018 and July 2019.
The Ace was at 203 Broadway. Building still there, recently remodeled and a small neon sign added noting that it was the Ace. Building looks to be from the ‘30s.
This might be the Pitts, or the Lillian.
No theaters at all on the 1919 map. Probably on the west side at the north end, and thus demolished. It could have been in one of the buildings on the east side just north or south of Davis Alley, since those have had the storefronts filled in. Broadway is called Kirtley on older maps.
If it was converted to a market in 1951, it can’t have been open in 1957.