Lyric Theatre
100-102 W. Broad Street,
Blackstone,
VA
23824
100-102 W. Broad Street,
Blackstone,
VA
23824
No one has favorited this theater yet
Additional Info
Previous Names: Opera House
Nearby Theaters
This theater appears on the June 1919 Sanborn. It was located on the second floor of a three story brick building constructed sometime before 1898, which also contained some sort of fraternal hall. The second floor is shown as a ‘Public Hall’ on the November 1913 map, but the 1914-15 AMPD lists this theater as being at Broad Street and Main Street.
By 1925, this theater appears to have relocated to a newer building, perhaps in response to changes in the fire code discouraging ‘upstairs’ theaters.
This building is unfortunately lost, replaced by a fake Colonial style bank and drive-through.
Contributed by
Seth Gaines
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.
Recent comments (view all 1 comments)
The April, 1905 issue of The New York Clipper contained an ad from manager William Harris soliciting attraction for the Blackstone, Virginia Opera House, touting “new scenery, new management.” Seating capacity of the upstairs house was 606. Could that have been this place? The second floor Opera House at Blackstone, Virginia, was also listed in the 1910-1911 Cahn guide with 600 seats.