Star Theater

116 North Mecklenburg Avenue,
South Hill, VA 23970

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Functions: Youth Center

Styles: Quonset Hut

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Star Theater

The Star Theater opened February 16, 1948. It is a Quonset Hut style building, and was operated by Chris W. Geoghegan. It was still open in 1964. The building is currently used by the Y.M.C.A.

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 17, 2009 at 7:29 pm

A small photo of the Star Theatre appeared in Boxoffice, May 15, 1948. The caption said it had opened in February, had 520 seats, and was operated by Chris Geoghegan, who had been operating the Colonial Theatre in South Hill for 15 years.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 19, 2026 at 6:55 pm

The wikitree page for Christopher Wilson Geoghegan says that he was still operating the Star Theatre at the time of his death on August 26, 1964.

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