Mitchell Theatre
Liberty Street,
Barbourville,
KY
40906
Liberty Street,
Barbourville,
KY
40906
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BRING A MOVIE THEATER TO BARBOURVILLE PETITION
Help me reach at least 1,000 signatures so I can send this to movie theater chains and the Knox County Chamber Of Commerce. And then help me reach at least 2,000 and really show them that it’s time we had a proper movie theater in this town.
https://www.change.org/p/knox-county-chamber-of-commerce-bring-a-movie-theater-to-barbourville-kentucky
The National Theatre fire that destroyed much of the original gave architects B.F. Churchill & Sons of Iola, Kansas some flexibility as three of the National walls were salvageable post-fire as well as the stage and boiler. On May 10, 1938, the new Mitchell opened. Images in photos section.
The art-deco MITCHELL Theatre was built and opened on May 10, 1938 from remnants of the neoclassic NATIONAL Theatre, which opened on March 8, 1923 and was damaged in a January, 1928 fire. The MITCHELL was destroyed in a fire on October 17, 1984.