Cary Theater

122 E. Chatham Street,
Cary, NC 27511

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 30, 2020 at 12:19 pm

This opened on April 8th, 1948. Grand opening ad posted.

raysson
raysson on August 5, 2015 at 12:54 pm

I have found the grand opening advertisement from 1941 and will be revised for the Cinema Treasures site.

oldrvah
oldrvah on February 1, 2014 at 12:50 pm

I have added photos to this site since around July 2013. The latest are various photos from the theatres use as a retail business other than a theatre. Also included are some photos I mentioned having taken in Nov 2013. As of this posting, the Visual Art Cen is due to open in march.

oldrvah
oldrvah on November 6, 2013 at 3:37 pm

Added two additional pictures I took on 1 November. Slow but steady progress being made on the renovation.

raysson
raysson on December 4, 2012 at 5:09 pm

According to one of the articles about the Cary Theater from the December 2,2012 edition of the Raleigh Sunday News and Observer:

It states that the Cary Theater opened somewhere around 1941 and closed in 1960 when the theater was converted into a clothing store and later on an Auto Parts store.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 2, 2012 at 4:53 am

A video about the construction project that includes some historical photos of the Cary Theater can be seen here.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 2, 2012 at 4:30 am

This webpage describes the plans for the new Cary arts complex, including an architectural drawing of the new facility showing the former Cary Theater as the right-hand part of the building. There is also a photo of the building when it was an auto parts store. There is also this drawing of what the new marquee might look like.