Princess Theater

Lebanon, TN

111 Cumberland St E

, Lebanon, TN 37087 United States

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Status:	Closed
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Retail
Seats:	500
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

The shell of the Princess Theater is located a half-block off the town square. It was converted to retail space in the 1950's. The Vitrolite Art Deco facade was intact into the 1980's though any trace of a marquee was long gone even then. The Vitrolite facade was removed, no doubt the current owner hoping to find a buried architectural treasure. What he found was a blank brick wall without even the mortar joints raked.

Located in mid-block, there was no other outstanding architectural feature. The interior is gutted and the floor leveled.

Grandmother remembers seeing silents there accompanied by an organ.

Contributed by Will Dunklin

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The Princess Theatre seated 500 people.

posted by William on Feb 20, 2004 at 7:40am

Found this collage photo of the block which includes the Princess, now sans any architectural features. Seems it is now used as a church.

http://travel.nostalgiaville.com/Tennessee/Wilson/wilson/wilsoncity/wilson62.jpg

posted by Will Dunklin on Mar 31, 2005 at 9:51am

Here is a current photo of what remains of the Princess.

posted by JackCoursey on Apr 3, 2006 at 10:03am

Jack, thanks for the photo. I notice the dates 1945-1955 on the image. Are these the operating dates of the Princess? Grandma might have been wrong about which theatre she saw films in. Or maybe this building replaced an earlier one. Grandma has been gone for many years now, too late to ask for additional details.

posted by Will Dunklin on Apr 3, 2006 at 11:51am

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I know never to doubt ones grandmother. These dates are the years the theatre appeared in the Film Weekly Journal Yearbook. This building, which formerly was the Princess, was built in 1900, years before the FWJY came to print (your inquiry prompted me the change the dates on the photo). From what I have been able to gather so far is that the Princess was in operation during the 1920s and possibly earlier.

posted by JackCoursey on Apr 3, 2006 at 1:31pm

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