Virginia Theatre

320 Adams Street,
Fairmont, WV 26554

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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.

Architects: Fred W. Elliot

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Virginia Theatre, Fairmont, West Virginia in 1927

The Virginia Theatre was opened on December 25, 1922 with Jackie Cooper in “Oliver Twist”. By 1941 it was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. They still operated the theatre in 1950. It was still open in 1952, but had closed by 1955.

Contributed by Ken Roe

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Nessa
Nessa on November 13, 2021 at 5:55 pm

If this address is accurate, this building has been demolished. The current building at this address was a G.C. Murphy’s store and looks nothing like the buildings in the picture.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 23, 2024 at 10:11 am

The 1918 Sanborn map of Fairmont shows a “Moving Picture Theater” at 316 Adams, just up the hill from the site of the Virginia. It wasn’t on the 1912 map. I haven’t been able to identify this mystery theater.

A history of theater concession stands by Lucy Hulls (PDF here) says that the Virginia installed a permanent stand on one side of its large lobby as part of major refurbishments in 1924, which would make it one of the earlier cinemas to provide such a facility.

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