Rogers Little theatre

When the Victory Theatre opened it was the first motion picture in Northwest Arkansas, It opened on December 5, 1927. Seating capacity is 750. The address for the Victory Theatre is 117 So. Second Street, Rogers, Ar.

The correct address is 116 S. Second Street, its right on their website. The architect was A. O. Clarke.

From an article that I found on this theater:

"A recent addition to the National Register in 2002 is the Victory Theater, which was a pure community initiated development project. This silent movie theater was built in 1927 by a highly respected architect, A.O. Clark, and is believed to be his only theater design. In 1977, the building became an indoor flea market and began to deteriorate.

When the local community theater group approached the Main Street program in 1994 to help find a performance space downtown, the Victory Theater was poised for renovation. Main Street Rogers helped hire architects, complete a pro-forma analysis of the building, and then applied for and received a $30,560 Model Business Grant from MSA to complement its own mini-grant. After a sum of $2 million and 10,000 volunteer hours, the opening gala in 2000 announced to the community, “Victory is Ours!”.

There is a photo of the Victory theater at this website.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002

Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2002 - Building - #02001079)
Also known as Victory Theater
116 S, Second St., Rogers
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Clarke, A.O.
Architectural Style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater

This is the article that LM was referring to in his 4/2/06 post. You have to go to page 11 to read about the theater. There is a before picture when the theater was a flea market in the 1970s.
http://tinyurl.com/37cq9r

A 1987 view of the Victory Theater building in Rogers.

This is an updated link for the Rogers Little Theater website.

An undated photo is on this website.

Two things on this theatre, first should it be listed under its current name Rogers Little Theatre with an AKA Victory Theatre and second was this at one time called the New Victory Theatre. The Historical Society magazine mentions it both as the Victory and the New Victory.

Here is a 1985 photo of the Victory Theater building. The location given with the photo is incorrect.