The Evangeline Theater started its life as a wholesale grocery building in the late nineteenth or twentieth century. Remodeled for a movie house in 1929, the building gained its current Art Deco façade and other characteristics during a 1939/40 renovation. The two story brick building’s façade is clad in stucco and pigmented structural glass.
I don’t think that address is right — or the photos in the previous two posts show a different building. The building in the photos is on Washington near Elizabeth.
On Christmas Day in 1938, the State Theater opened with Alexander’s Ragtime Band starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Don Ameche. Charles Behrensmeyer was retained to design thetheater in 1927 and Leo Monckton erected the theater.
The State Theater was advertised as an attractive movie house, modern in every detail, including air-conditioning. It was a 500-seat theater with an Art Deco style The long,narrow design, sloping floor and Celotex material made the theater one of the most “sound perfect” buildings in the area.
The theater also had two innovations that had never been tried before in Quincy. The back row seats in the main section was fitted with acoustical devices for the hearing impaired. The other innovation was a “crying room†in the second floor where mothers could take their small children and still view and hear the
picture. The entrance to the theater on South Eighth street had a wide lobby. The ticket office was in the center and to the right as one entered was the men’s room and to the left was the powder room for women. The lobby was decorated in apple green and maroon
with silver stripes and a terazzo floor. In the auditorium, the seats were of the lastest style, self rising so that as soon as they were not in use they would fold up. The auditorium walls were a maroon finish to five feet from the floor, with a pleasing light color of Celotex material above that.
The last feature film at the State Theater was “Little Man Tateâ€. The State Theater closed in February 1992 after Kerasotes Theaters had operated the theater for several decades.
The opening year should be changed to 1968.
According to the city tax assessor and the Kitsap Lake Historical Society, this drive-in opened in 1953.
My April 2010 photo:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/goldies.jpg
A night photo from 2009:
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My daytime photo from April 2010:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/voguet.jpg
Also — a 2008 interior photo:
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2010 photo:
http://agilitynut.com/10/4/kyalham.jpg
And it should be listed as “open”.
This theatre should be listed as “open” (since at least 2009).
Some history from this website:
http://www.cityofnewiberia.com/site402.php
The Evangeline Theater started its life as a wholesale grocery building in the late nineteenth or twentieth century. Remodeled for a movie house in 1929, the building gained its current Art Deco façade and other characteristics during a 1939/40 renovation. The two story brick building’s façade is clad in stucco and pigmented structural glass.
The original sign is on display in Las Vegas (Neonopolis) according to this article:
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A photo of it:
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From April 2010:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/joyt.jpg
The relit marquee in celebration of the Saints victory:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolar/4369325866/
2010 photo:
http://agilitynut.com/10/3/actt.jpg
A photo from 2010:
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A photo I took 3/10 — now housing The Blvd (nightclub):
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Some photos of the Pix and other theatres in Rock Hill:
http://www.scmovietheatres.com/rockhill.html
A photo of the theatre as the Sauconia:
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On Preservation Texas' Most Endangered List in 2010 (with an opening date of 1952):
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Here’s the latest on the theatre’s restoration:
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I don’t think that address is right — or the photos in the previous two posts show a different building. The building in the photos is on Washington near Elizabeth.
The news is not good. Here’s what the “renovation” looks like so far:
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I’m pretty sure this is a mix-up with the Clarion Theatre in Clarion, IA.
Current website:
http://bourbontheatre.com/
This is now the Bourbon Theatre:
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History from the State Room site:
On Christmas Day in 1938, the State Theater opened with Alexander’s Ragtime Band starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Don Ameche. Charles Behrensmeyer was retained to design thetheater in 1927 and Leo Monckton erected the theater.
The State Theater was advertised as an attractive movie house, modern in every detail, including air-conditioning. It was a 500-seat theater with an Art Deco style The long,narrow design, sloping floor and Celotex material made the theater one of the most “sound perfect” buildings in the area.
The theater also had two innovations that had never been tried before in Quincy. The back row seats in the main section was fitted with acoustical devices for the hearing impaired. The other innovation was a “crying room†in the second floor where mothers could take their small children and still view and hear the
picture. The entrance to the theater on South Eighth street had a wide lobby. The ticket office was in the center and to the right as one entered was the men’s room and to the left was the powder room for women. The lobby was decorated in apple green and maroon
with silver stripes and a terazzo floor. In the auditorium, the seats were of the lastest style, self rising so that as soon as they were not in use they would fold up. The auditorium walls were a maroon finish to five feet from the floor, with a pleasing light color of Celotex material above that.
The last feature film at the State Theater was “Little Man Tateâ€. The State Theater closed in February 1992 after Kerasotes Theaters had operated the theater for several decades.