Lenox Theatre
1128 James Brown Boulevard,
Augusta,
GA
30901
1128 James Brown Boulevard,
Augusta,
GA
30901
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Previously operated by: Bijou Amusement Company
Architects: G. Lloyd Preacher
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The Lenox Theatre was one of four African-American Theatres in Augusta. It opened by July 1939 and was a beautiful theatre in its day with on-stage appearances by such notable entertainers as Earl “Fatha” Hines, Ethel Waters, Arthur Lee Simpkins and James Brown. The Lennox Theatre was still open in 1947. The theatre has since been demolished.
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Michael Deas
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The Metro Spirit has on it’s weekly cover a picture of the Lenox Theatre,full size. Sept.8-14 2010.METRO SPIRIT.COM
Mike, My scanner should be working soon so send me the photos and I’ll post them here.
Nick,I have pictures of Augusta’s Silent movie houses too.Have to go to my home page to read them if you allready haven’t.
There is a picture of the Lenox on p. 43 here (scroll down to see it): http://tinyurl.com/26mv9sb and a demolition picture further down on p. 51.
Here a photos
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BLACK SEGREGATION SIGN LENOX THEATER AUGUSTA GA
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Thanks Alonzo for putting the pictures on.A pity we couldn’t save it.It equaled anything on Broad Street.
Wow! This is a fantastic shot! I love the great b&w photo of the Lenox with the crowd standing in front. Thanks to whoever posted this classic shot!
YEs, Nick these are nice shots I couldn’t even locate,would like to get more info on the Black theatres,but hard to track alot of info..
Lenox had over 570 seats on the main floor and 300 in the balcony. Total seats = 870+