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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » North Carolina » Elizabeth City » Carolina Theatre & Grille
Also known as Love State Theater, Carolina Theatre

Carolina Theatre & Grille

Elizabeth City, NC
115 North Poindexter Street
, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 United States
(map)
252.337.7601
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Moderne
Function: Movies (First Run)
Seats: 268
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Opened in 1946 as the Love State Theater. After a fire destroyed the original Carolina Theater, the owner purchased this theater and renamed it the Carolina Theatre. Closed in 1991 it was a church for several years and vacated in 1997.

In 2001 the current building owners began an extensive renovation of the property with the idea of preserving the building. I was then approached with idea of opening the theatre. My wife and I began construction of a state-of-the-art first-run dinner theatre and adjoining restaurant. We opened May 31, 2002 as one of only 12 first-run movie/dining theatres in the country, and the only one I know of with a separate full service restaurant,and have enjoyed great success ever since.
Contributed by Bryan Edge

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This article puts the Carolina in Virginia, but that's wrong, obviously. There are references to some other theaters in the city as well:
http://tinyurl.com/245hwk
posted by ken mc on Jan 27, 2007 at 3:36pm
Either this theater opened before 1946 or there were two Carolina Theaters in Elizabeth City. A Robert-Morton theater organ opus 2486 size 3/8 was installed in a Carolina Theater in Elizabeth City, NC in 1929.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 31, 2007 at 11:03am
The opening text mentions that the original Carolina Theatre was destroyed by fire. Various Film Daily Yearbooks that I have;1941-1950, list the original Carolina Theatre at Main Street, Elizabeth City, NC with a seating capacity of 900. So the fire must have been after 1950.
posted by KenRoe on Aug 31, 2007 at 12:05pm
Okay, so this theater is the "second" Carolina Theater in Elizabeth City. The "first" Carolina Theater was operating from approximately 1929 or before to at least the 1950. That Carolina Theater isn't listed here yet.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 31, 2007 at 12:17pm
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