Lyric Oxford Theater

Boxoffice, June 25, 1955: “The Oxford Eagle recently devoted page one of its second section to a history of the motion picutre industry in this city … In 1914, (Frank L.) Toole bought the lot on which the Lyric theatre now stands and erected a three-story building, with offices on the second and third floors. A 12x14 foot screen was used. R. X. Williams, who still operates the theatre, took over the Lyric in 1917 when he was 17 years old … Tragedy struck the Lyric in 1923, when … (t)he theatre was burned to the ground. Six days after the fire, Williams rented the Opera House and held shows there while rebuilding the Lyric. Construction was started in 1924, and on Jan. 1, 1925, the new Lyric reopened.”