Mecca Theatre
137 N. Main Street,
Chase City,
VA
23924
137 N. Main Street,
Chase City,
VA
23924
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Ridley Green opened the Mecca Theatre on September 14, 1937 with Jack Benny in “Artists and Models”. It had a seating capacity of 450. The theatre had to be renovated after a fire in 1947, and in the interim movies were shown in an adjacent parking lot. The Mecca Theatre reopened in 1948 with 600 seats.
In 2016 a group was formed with the aim of restoring and reopening the Mecca Theatre.
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Ken McIntyre
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Here is a photo, circa 1940:
http://tinyurl.com/l8p8p6
I think the term is “warm and fuzzy”, as in memories. Just consider it bathed in the glow of nostalgia.
Who own it now? Who own Mecca Theatre in Chase City Virginia now
Opened on September 14, 1937 with Jack Benny in “Artists And Models” (unknown if extras added).
I first saw this in 2005-6, and it was abandoned. Still looks almost the same, but it is being worked on! The doors were open on Tuesday, and someone was working inside. I chickened out on going in.
The brief item reporting the destruction by fire of the Mecca Theatre that appeared in the March 6, 1948 issue of Boxoffice said that the house had seated 750. Perhaps an error? The NRHP registration form for the Chase City Warehouse and Commercial Historic District says it had 600. The August 28, 1948 Boxoffice said that Ridley Green was planning to open the rebuilt Mecca on September 15.
The Mecca theatre was purchased by a local group in 2016, and they have been working toward its restoration and reopening since. They maintain this web site for the project.