Joe Vogel: The State fronted Hickory. As I remember it, the theater was one building in from Third. There was a defunct “mansion” on the SE corner of Third and Hickory, a vacant over-grown lot behing the “mansion” which made the “right” hand side of the State visible from Third, and then the still active hoagie/pizza shop at the corner of Third and S. Orange alley. This shop was diagonally located from the now demolished Mt. Carmel Public HS. If you faced the front of the State, your back “faced” another defunct “mansion”(now also a drive thru bank) that once temporarily housed Grossman’s Dept Store while the actual store (site of the present Library) on S. Oak was rebuilt after a fire. So, looking at the front of the State, facing its entrance on S. Hickory, there was the defunct mansion, the entrance to the State, and then a small tavern. All three of these are now occupied by the P.O. Anything else I may be able to help you with, please let me know.
Actually, I remember three theaters in Mt. Carmel: The Vick, The State (where the Post Office is) and the Hollywood on Oak St. It was very narrow and long; just one center aisle; probably no more than 8 seats on each side. It later became the Hollywood Lanes bowling alley (4 lanes) and in its present incarnation is the Hollywood Pizza which it has served since I went to MCCHS in the early ‘60’s
Joe Vogel: The State fronted Hickory. As I remember it, the theater was one building in from Third. There was a defunct “mansion” on the SE corner of Third and Hickory, a vacant over-grown lot behing the “mansion” which made the “right” hand side of the State visible from Third, and then the still active hoagie/pizza shop at the corner of Third and S. Orange alley. This shop was diagonally located from the now demolished Mt. Carmel Public HS. If you faced the front of the State, your back “faced” another defunct “mansion”(now also a drive thru bank) that once temporarily housed Grossman’s Dept Store while the actual store (site of the present Library) on S. Oak was rebuilt after a fire. So, looking at the front of the State, facing its entrance on S. Hickory, there was the defunct mansion, the entrance to the State, and then a small tavern. All three of these are now occupied by the P.O. Anything else I may be able to help you with, please let me know.
Actually, I remember three theaters in Mt. Carmel: The Vick, The State (where the Post Office is) and the Hollywood on Oak St. It was very narrow and long; just one center aisle; probably no more than 8 seats on each side. It later became the Hollywood Lanes bowling alley (4 lanes) and in its present incarnation is the Hollywood Pizza which it has served since I went to MCCHS in the early ‘60’s