Comments from SethG

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SethG commented about ACT Theatre on May 12, 2018 at 11:10 am

I don’t know if we bother to list builders, but there’s a little bronze plaque in the wall that says it was constructed by the Morris-McKoy Building Co. of Greenville, SC.

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SethG commented about ACT Theatre on May 12, 2018 at 11:06 am

Might be closed. Website listed is dead, and this one: actheatresc.org only has info through 2016.

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SethG commented about Victor Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:36 am

Needs to be listed as demolished! I can’t make sense of the address. Odd is the north side of the street, and there’s nothing anywhere close to the three buildings shown in the photo. I guess they might all have fit in the parking lot next to the mill? If so, this must have been second from the corner.

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SethG commented about Pastime Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:29 am

Uselessly bad streetview. Of course, there doesn’t seem to be a Queen St, so that’s part of the problem. Must have been downtown somewhere.

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SethG commented about Palace Electric Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:27 am

As was pointed out ages ago, this needs to changed to demolished.

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SethG commented about Knickerbocker Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:25 am

Streetview once again uselessly bad.

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SethG commented about Imperial Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:24 am

Streetview is wrong. Needs to move up two blocks and turn the other way. Building must still be there. One of the storefronts south of the Sullivan hardware building.

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SethG commented about Garrick Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:17 am

Map marker is at least 30 blocks too far north.

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SethG commented about Carolina Theater on May 12, 2018 at 10:07 am

Needs to be listed as demolished. Really ugly ‘modern’ office building there now.

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SethG commented about Rex Theatre on Apr 27, 2018 at 10:56 am

Don’t know if it was the Rex, but the 1914 Sanborn map shows a theater in the ground floor of a lodge hall in the third building south of Marion on the east side. For streetview purposes, that would be south of that lonely metal shed. Marion east of Main is just a decaying strip of pavement petering out to dirt. The entire block on both sides was demolished a long time ago, probably due to flooding. From just south of Marion to about 2 blocks further north was downtown. There is one building left, along with a few undistinguished modern buildings.

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SethG commented about New Gem Theatre on Apr 27, 2018 at 10:37 am

Don’t know why I didn’t think of this before, but I went to the Sanborn maps. Theater building is at 106 (?) N 4th. Appears on the 1917 map. Same building on the 1909 map is plumbing/undertaking. Appears 1896 at the latest, may be on the 1890 map. If I’m reading the 1917 map right, street number may have been 124 at the time. Building looks like it was remodeled postwar. Flat red brick front with unusual canted display window and doors that look like they might have come off the theater. Usage might be vacant or possibly an apartment on the second floor.

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SethG commented about Galva Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 12:57 pm

For what it’s worth, I think the demolition happened in August 2016.

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SethG commented about Lewis Street Playhouse on Apr 26, 2018 at 11:00 am

Opened as a movie theater in 1939, which must be when the remodel to art deco happened.

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SethG commented about New Gem Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 10:55 am

Map marker is way too far north. Must have been in town. The 100 block is a good bet. Almost certainly demolished, but some buildings on that block might have held a theater.

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SethG commented about Rex Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 10:51 am

Map marker is too far south, must have been somewhere in the center of town, not down by the grain elevator. Nearly the entire downtown had been demolished by 2012, so I’m sure this is gone.

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SethG commented about Lester Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 7:48 am

Opened 1942 by the Lincolnton Amusement Co. Named after a respected local doctor, Lemuel Lester Self, whose widow was involved in the operation of the theater. Closed sometime mid ‘60s, then became the home of a local theater company in 1969. Retail by 1975. (Info from NRHP listing)

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SethG commented about Lyric Theatre on Apr 14, 2018 at 8:16 am

Thanks, Ken!

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SethG commented about Quincy Theatre on Apr 13, 2018 at 6:05 pm

Not the Quincy, but a much larger and fancier theater.

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SethG commented about Lyric Theatre on Apr 13, 2018 at 9:14 am

Street view shows the wrong half of the bank. Looks like they tore the entire front off, and maybe kept three walls and the auditorium roof. Might as well be demolished. Looks nothing like a theater, and very little of the building remains, much less the interior.

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SethG commented about Galva Theatre on Apr 3, 2018 at 10:43 am

This has been demolished, along with the large building to the right.

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SethG commented about Empire Theatre on Apr 1, 2018 at 9:59 am

Of all the old theaters in Quincy, it’s a shame that one of the survivors is this cloddishly-proportioned hulk.

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SethG commented about Orpheum Theater on Mar 31, 2018 at 2:00 pm

Hannibal is maybe 15 miles away, and quite bit smaller. Not exactly a big booking.

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SethG commented about Quincy Theatre on Mar 31, 2018 at 1:56 pm

I don’t see how the photo from 1916 can possibly be the same building. The entry looks much taller. Even in the 1957 photos the building plainly has a very old cast iron front which must have been original to the building. Wherever the 1916 photo was taken, it was a much fancier building.

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SethG commented about Picture Play Theater on Mar 26, 2018 at 12:14 pm

Street number is confusing. Corner lot (900 presumably) is a converted gas station which might be from about 1930. Then there is an empty lot, one side of which was filled as recently as 2012 by a low single-story wood frame store. The left half of the remaining building is 924. If it really was 904, it likely would have been right next door to the gas station, and should be listed as demolished.

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SethG commented about Woodbine Theater on Mar 25, 2018 at 10:55 am

The article says the theater opened in 1917, and closed in 1969, although there is a photo of it with the marquee advertising ‘Wuthering Heights’ (1970), and a bunch of new cars (presumably from the dealer) parked on the sidewalk. Go to: http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/ and enter ‘Woodbine Carthage’ in the search bar to see the photo.