Sammy T's Music Hall
116 Washington Street SE,
Huntsville,
AL
35801
116 Washington Street SE,
Huntsville,
AL
35801
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The marquee has now been removed from the building. A restaurant is located in the old projection room. Some windows have been put in the space above the old marquee.
Yes that is it. Thanks. It was on Center Avenue. No exact address yet, but I will set up a page for it. Found your above photo in a non Flickr link too. So I can use that as the Overview photo with a link to it’s source. Since my pic is just the marquee off to the side.
DavidZorning: I found a photo of an Allison Theatre in Piedmont, Alabama (not yet listed at Cinema Treasures.) Perhaps your photo’s caption got the town wrong. Does it look like this theater?
I came across a circa 1960 photo of an Allison Theatre in Huntsville, but can’t find any record of it’s existence.
The Martin was across the street from the Lyric. It was not fancy, but it did have the biggest screen in Huntsville until the Madison and the Cinerama opened. In 1966, the admission for first run was $1.00. It was a good place to watch a movie, and it booked some good ones; I especially remember “Patton.”
The entry for James Franklin Scalf in the 1962 edition of the AIA’s American Architects Directory lists the Tony Theatre at Huntsville as one of his projects.
The Martin Theater is now “Sammy T’s Music Hall” and hosts live bands several times weekly. The building has removed all the theater seating and turned the screen area into a medium sized stage.
http://www.sammytsplace.com/
The Aztec style emblem on the Martin marquee actually spells “Martin”
Thanks to Jack Coursey for info.
Don…
A 1986 photograph of the closed Martin Theatre:
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