Gem Theatre
12 S. Center Street,
Versailles,
OH
45380
12 S. Center Street,
Versailles,
OH
45380
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One of those names at least must be an AKA for the opera house. I didn’t see a third theater anywhere on the maps, and downtown really isn’t that large.
A Gem Theatre was one of two movie houses listed at Versailles in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. The other was a house called the Royal Theatre.
In 1922, Versailles had a movie house called the Crystal, and in 1950 one called the Versailles. So far I’ve been unable to find out anything about either of them.
Sorry, slight typo, it’s the 1925 map that shows it as a store. Not that it’s really important, but the garage door seems to have been added by 1937, when this space had become what must have been a really tiny dealership.