Apex Theatre
209 W. Main Avenue,
Lumberton,
MS
39455
209 W. Main Avenue,
Lumberton,
MS
39455
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Previously operated by: Associated Theaters (New Orleans)
Functions: Church
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The Apex Theatre was opened by 1942. By 1950 it was operated by the New Orleans based Associated Theaters chain. It was still open in 1979.
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Ken Roe
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The 300-seat Apex Theatre is first listed at Lumberton in the 1942 FDY, along with a 200-seat Royal Theatre and a 250-seat Ladner Theatre which is listed as closed. The 1941 yearbook had listed the Ladner, the Royal, and a Royal Portable Theatre. One local reminiscing on a Facebook page recalls seeing “Mad Max” and “The Amityville Horror” at the Apex, so it operated at least as late as 1979.
Another Facebook comment says that the theater is now occupied by a church called His Place Worship Center. The church’s address is 209 W. Main Avenue. Google street view shows a very modern front section on the building, but the view along the side shows an older structure farther back, which was surely the theater’s auditorium.