Just a correction to first comment. The Manring Theater was located at the Northeast corner of Cumberland Avenue and 21st Street, not High and Main Street.
I was only nine when the theater came down, barely remember seeing a cowboy movie there. I think the last couple years before the fire it was showing X-rated movies (please correct if I am wrong).
I addition to the Manring Theater was the Park Theater, just a basic rectangle building on South 20th Street across from the current library. This building was no where near as elaborate as the Manring, remember seeing many movies there until the multiplex opened in the mall in 1983. I think the Park Theatre is currently an art gallery.
Just a correction to first comment. The Manring Theater was located at the Northeast corner of Cumberland Avenue and 21st Street, not High and Main Street.
I was only nine when the theater came down, barely remember seeing a cowboy movie there. I think the last couple years before the fire it was showing X-rated movies (please correct if I am wrong).
I addition to the Manring Theater was the Park Theater, just a basic rectangle building on South 20th Street across from the current library. This building was no where near as elaborate as the Manring, remember seeing many movies there until the multiplex opened in the mall in 1983. I think the Park Theatre is currently an art gallery.