Martin Theatre

Martin, TN

Martin, TN, United States

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Status:	Closed
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Art Moderne

Function:	Gym
Seats:	Unknown
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

Vintage postcard view of the Martin Theatre (when it was known as the Varsity)

Photo courtesy of the public domain

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The only Varsity Theatre that I have found a listing for is located at 705 N. Dixie Ave, Cookeville, TN. There is a Cine Theatre on University Plaza Drive in Martin, but I don't think that it was ever called the Varsity.

posted by JackCoursey on Mar 7, 2005 at 7:06pm

There was a Varsity Theatre in Martin and it looked excatly like that picture. It was renovated and reopened several years ago but it closed quickly. It was then turned into a church of some kind and is now currently a gym.It still looks pretty much like the same on the outside.

posted by dixie on Apr 23, 2005 at 4:45pm

I found a listing for a Varsity Theatre on Oxford St (no street number on file) in Martin. The theatre was built around 1949 and was part of the Ruffin Amusement Company of Covington, TN. Ruffin also managed the Halls Theatre in Halls, TN and the Ritz in Covington, TN.

posted by JackCoursey on Nov 22, 2005 at 3:18pm

This appears to be the same postcard as posted at the top of the page. This one includes the date. "Varsity Theater, Martin, TN, c. 1930-35, smooth linen postcard produced by Curt Teich Co".

posted by Lost Memory on Mar 17, 2006 at 2:48pm

A picture of this theater may be found with an accompanying article from 1951 here:
http://centraltheater.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-draperies-will-lead-to-your.html

posted by Jack Theakston on Jun 30, 2007 at 12:50am

Here is a photo of the Varsity when it was a church.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 12, 2007 at 8:57am

This is a recent photo of the Varsity Theater building on Oxford Street. Above the marquee are the words "The Sideline". There is a Fitness Center located at 104 Oxford Street called The Sideline. Could that be the address of this theater?

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 29, 2007 at 4:57pm

If you look at the waymarking page for the theater, it states that the Varsity is now a fitness center and that renovations are ongoing to restore some of the former exterior features. 104 Oxford would be the correct address.

posted by ken mc on Nov 29, 2007 at 5:20pm

Great observation, I overlooked that. This is the website for The Sideline.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 29, 2007 at 5:29pm

This was the Varsity in 1999.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 22, 2008 at 7:52am

1983 photo of the Varsity Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c42%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=5&catpagesize=25&ProductID=33628
1983 http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c42%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=5&catpagesize=25&ProductID=33630photo of the side auditorium of the Varsity Theatre.
1983 photo looking at the stage of the Varsity Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c42%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=5&catpagesize=25&ProductID=33635

posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 20, 2009 at 9:31am

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