Blue Ridge Theatre
413 Adams Street,
Fairmont,
WV
26554
413 Adams Street,
Fairmont,
WV
26554
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The 1912 Sanborn map of Fairmont shows the Hippodrome at 413-415 Adams Street. It was the easternmost of four moving picture houses on the street, and was almost directly across the street from the vacant lot where the Fairmont Theatre would later be built.
The Hippodrome launched September 4, 1911 with two Mutual photoplays, a big feature and vaudeville acts. Cady & Hiele programmed the venue which wasn’t quite completed at the first show and could not handle the crowd which fell short of a full house. The venue had an airdome adjacent to it, as well.
Sol Burka took on the venue in 1922 and, after a refresh, he reopened as the Blue Ridge Theatre on April 17, 1922 with Paramount movies. The opening title was Gloria Swanson in “The Great Moment.” Vaudeville was from B.F. Keith when programmed. The theater closed the expiry of 15-year lease.
Theatre was located on Adams Street and is now demolished. Was originally the Hippodrome.
The obituary of a Lawrence R. Fleming, published in the November 1, 1932 issue of Variety includes the lines “[f]ormerly was manager of the Dixie theatre, film house, in Fairmont, and Blue Ridge theatre, vaudeville house there. Both theatres have been made into warehouses.”