Lyon's State Theatre

This building is part of a historic district in Franklin, Virgina and the district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

"The Lyons State Theatre at 221 South Main Street is among Franklin's most stylish buildings dating from the 1930s. Expressive of the Art Deco style, popular with movie theatres of the age, the facade exhibits such details as fluted stone or concrete bands and panels contrasting with recessed brick panels which together form typical Art Deco decorative patterns".

Here is the National Register of Historic Places nomination form.

Two years ago,it was clearly just sitting there doing nothing in hulking emptiness.

Following up with ghamilton's post, the building appears to still be doing just that. It looks like it was repurposed at some recent point, from what the marquee looks like in the Google Maps street view. However, it appears to be closed and abandoned at present.

When you do an address search, this comes up as the Move of God Church, so the building is in use as a Church.

Yes,I was in Franklin last week.( I wander willy-nilly) It is NOW being used as a church,again.