West Theatre
1515 Washington Street W,
Charleston,
WV
25302
1515 Washington Street W,
Charleston,
WV
25302
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The West Theatre was opened in 1941. It had a facade covered in terra cotta tiles and a triangular marquee, with the theatre name mounted on top. It was still open in 1963. By 1974 it was Levin’s department store. In 2021 it sits vacant and boarded up.
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Ken Roe
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This theatre is in rough shape, but it’s not demolished, I just photographed it yesterday.
Some quick research, looks like it was playing second-second-run B-movies by 1963. By 1974, it was a Levin’s department store. In 1975, the West Theatre company owed over $1000 in delinquent taxes.
The theater building is still there as I saw it in September, 2023 on a trip to Charleston. The theater was owned by the Aaron family who also owned the Sunset Theater which preceeded the West and was just a few doors up the street from the West. When the West opened, the Sunset was closed as the West was the replacement for the Sunset. The West Theater also had a bowling alley underneath it.