The Architecture of Jefferson Country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, by K. Edward Lay, says that the Lafayette Theatre was built in 1921, specifically as a movie house. The book gives no details about it.
An article about the Jefferson Theatre mentioned that the Lafayette Theatre was on the site now occupied by a shopping arcade called York Place, which is at 112 W. Main Street, so that was probably the theater’s address as well.
Judging from the second photo on this page of Charlottesville, by Eryn S. Brennan and Margaret Maliszewski, the Lafayette Theatre must have been in the 100 block of West Main Street, on the south side. The Paramount’s vertical sign can be seen down the street, on the north side of the 200 East block.
The Sierra Vista 16 was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show includes two photos of the Sierra Vista 16 captioned Clovis Cinema 16.
The restoration of the original Alameda Theatre to a single screen and the addition of seven additional screens was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show includes four photos of the Alameda Cinema.
The Livermore 13 Cinemas was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show features three photos of the Livermore 13.
The Palladio 16 Cinemas was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show features a rendering of the theater entrance.
Two photos and a rendering of the Plaza 14 Cinemas in Oxnard’s Centennial Plaza appear in the cinema projects slide show at the web site of the Seattle firm that designed the project, The Henry Architects.
As finally designed, the Lodi Stadium 12 Cinemas was the work of the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show features a rendering of the theater entrance and a photo of the lobby.
The address currently listed is obsolete. At some point, Chino has adopted the county-wide numbering system, and the theater’s former site is in what is now the 13100 block. If 328 6th was on the east side of the street, it even looks like odd and even numbers have switched sides, with even numbers now being on the west side of the street.
It also looks like almost the entire neighborhood has been redeveloped for residential use within the last couple of decades. The whole east side of the block between C and D Streets is lined with small apartment buildings. The Woods Theatre must have been demolished.
The interior of the Showplace ICON was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.) Photos can be seen on the company’s web site. As the theater is part of a large, mixed-use project, the structure itself was apparently designed by one of the other firms involved.
Reed Construction Data says that the AMC Castleton Square 14 was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.)
An article saying that the Patrick Henry Theatre would open to the public that night was published in The Free Lance-Star of December 6, 1933. Google News scan here.
The Patrick Henry Theatre was just down the block from the East End Theatre, built five years later, but it isn’t there anymore. There is a parking lot on the site.
utahtheatres.info says that the Crown Theatre opened as the Eko Theatre on December 18, 1912 (though another line on the page says the house “…brought silent motion pictures to Price in 1911….) It was renamed the Lyric Theatre in 1914. No date is given for the renaming to Utah Theatre.
The page CSWalczak linked to says that the Joy Theatre was on the south side of E. Broadway Street just east of Main Street. Google satellite and street views both show a vacant lot where the building with the Joy sign was in the old photo, so the theater has been demolished.
The town looks devastated in satellite view. The business district is full of vacant lots and some of the surviving buildings look as though their roofs have big holes in them, and a couple look like they have caved in.
The streamline modern facade of the Ritz Theatre probably dates from a 1949 remodeling designed by Sweetwater, Texas, architect Don W. Smith, which was listed in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog. Smith also designed a theater called the Joy, at Roscoe, Texas, in 1947.
The Price Theatre was one of several houses designed for the Huish circuit by architect Fred L. Markham. It is listed among his works in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The architect for the rebuilding of the Angelus Theatre was Fred L.Markham, who also designed the Arch Theatre and several other projects for the Huish circuit.
The Star Theatre was apparently remodeled in 1937, though I don’t know how extensively. The 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog listed the Star as a 1937 project of architect Fred L. Markham.
The 1950 edition of The Theatre Catalog lists the Roane Theatre at Rockwood as a 1949 project by architects Marr & Holman. It doesn’t say if it was new construction or a remodeling.
As late as 1953, there was a second theater called the Ritz in Rockwood, listed in the Motion Picture and Television Almanac. Here is a painting of it by a local artist who goes by the single name Susanne. It might be the same house that appears as the Lyric in this painting depicting Rockwood in the 1940s.
Given the Art Deco touches on the facade, this theater is probably the planned house mentioned in the June 1, 1930, issue of The Film Daily
The Architecture of Jefferson Country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, by K. Edward Lay, says that the Lafayette Theatre was built in 1921, specifically as a movie house. The book gives no details about it.
An article about the Jefferson Theatre mentioned that the Lafayette Theatre was on the site now occupied by a shopping arcade called York Place, which is at 112 W. Main Street, so that was probably the theater’s address as well.
A slightly better view of the Lafayette Theatre can be seen in this 1952 photo from The Charlottesville Dogwood Festival, by Elizabeth D. Wood Smith.
Judging from the second photo on this page of Charlottesville, by Eryn S. Brennan and Margaret Maliszewski, the Lafayette Theatre must have been in the 100 block of West Main Street, on the south side. The Paramount’s vertical sign can be seen down the street, on the north side of the 200 East block.
The Sierra Vista 16 was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show includes two photos of the Sierra Vista 16 captioned Clovis Cinema 16.
The restoration of the original Alameda Theatre to a single screen and the addition of seven additional screens was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show includes four photos of the Alameda Cinema.
The Livermore 13 Cinemas was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show features three photos of the Livermore 13.
The Palladio 16 Cinemas was designed by the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show features a rendering of the theater entrance.
Two photos and a rendering of the Plaza 14 Cinemas in Oxnard’s Centennial Plaza appear in the cinema projects slide show at the web site of the Seattle firm that designed the project, The Henry Architects.
As finally designed, the Lodi Stadium 12 Cinemas was the work of the Seattle firm The Henry Architects. Their cinema projects slide show features a rendering of the theater entrance and a photo of the lobby.
The address currently listed is obsolete. At some point, Chino has adopted the county-wide numbering system, and the theater’s former site is in what is now the 13100 block. If 328 6th was on the east side of the street, it even looks like odd and even numbers have switched sides, with even numbers now being on the west side of the street.
It also looks like almost the entire neighborhood has been redeveloped for residential use within the last couple of decades. The whole east side of the block between C and D Streets is lined with small apartment buildings. The Woods Theatre must have been demolished.
The interior of the Showplace ICON was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.) Photos can be seen on the company’s web site. As the theater is part of a large, mixed-use project, the structure itself was apparently designed by one of the other firms involved.
Reed Construction Data says that the AMC Castleton Square 14 was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.)
An article saying that the Patrick Henry Theatre would open to the public that night was published in The Free Lance-Star of December 6, 1933. Google News scan here.
The Patrick Henry Theatre was just down the block from the East End Theatre, built five years later, but it isn’t there anymore. There is a parking lot on the site.
utahtheatres.info says that the Crown Theatre opened as the Eko Theatre on December 18, 1912 (though another line on the page says the house “…brought silent motion pictures to Price in 1911….) It was renamed the Lyric Theatre in 1914. No date is given for the renaming to Utah Theatre.
The page CSWalczak linked to says that the Joy Theatre was on the south side of E. Broadway Street just east of Main Street. Google satellite and street views both show a vacant lot where the building with the Joy sign was in the old photo, so the theater has been demolished.
The town looks devastated in satellite view. The business district is full of vacant lots and some of the surviving buildings look as though their roofs have big holes in them, and a couple look like they have caved in.
The streamline modern facade of the Ritz Theatre probably dates from a 1949 remodeling designed by Sweetwater, Texas, architect Don W. Smith, which was listed in the 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog. Smith also designed a theater called the Joy, at Roscoe, Texas, in 1947.
The Price Theatre was one of several houses designed for the Huish circuit by architect Fred L. Markham. It is listed among his works in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The Avon Theatre was listed among the works of architect Fred L.Markham in the 1950 Theatre Catalog.
The architect for the rebuilding of the Angelus Theatre was Fred L.Markham, who also designed the Arch Theatre and several other projects for the Huish circuit.
The Star Theatre was apparently remodeled in 1937, though I don’t know how extensively. The 1950 edition of Theatre Catalog listed the Star as a 1937 project of architect Fred L. Markham.
The 1950 edition of The Theatre Catalog lists the Roane Theatre at Rockwood as a 1949 project by architects Marr & Holman. It doesn’t say if it was new construction or a remodeling.
As late as 1953, there was a second theater called the Ritz in Rockwood, listed in the Motion Picture and Television Almanac. Here is a painting of it by a local artist who goes by the single name Susanne. It might be the same house that appears as the Lyric in this painting depicting Rockwood in the 1940s.
Susanne also has a painting of the Roane Theatre.
This web page about the Lyric Theatre says that its architect, Edward T. Wiley, also designed the Art Cinema.
The fall, 2008, newsletter of the Hartford Preservation Alliance says that the Lyric Theatre was designed by architect Edward T. Wiley.