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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » District of Columbia » Washington » Carver Theatre

Carver Theatre

Washington, DC
2405 Martin Luther King, Jr. Aveue SE
, Washington, DC, United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Moderne
Function: Unknown
Seats: 508
Chain: Unknown
Architect: John J. Zink
Firm: Unknown
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This movie house, located in the Anacostia area of Washington, stood on Nichols Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue) near Talbert Street. It opened in 1948 and sat just over 500. The Carver was designed in Streamline Moderne style by local architect John J. Zink, best known for his Senator Theatre in Baltimore, and the Uptown Theatre in Washington.

Closed during the 60s, the Carver became the first home of the Anacasotia Neighborhood Museum in 1967. It remained housed there until the museum moved to its current location on Fort Place in 1987.
Contributed by Bryan

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Here are views of the Carver's exterior before and after its converstion to the first Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
posted by Bryan Krefft on Sep 14, 2004 at 12:19pm
Here a direct link to the theater photo and this is a photo of the museum.

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 20, 2007 at 10:43am
Here and here are photos from January 2008 of the former Carver Theatre which will soon to be the home for the Good Samaritan Foundation.
posted by JackCoursey on Feb 7, 2008 at 6:42pm
thanks to Jack Coursey for this link,
http://www.gsf-dc.org/about_outreach.html
with an etching of what may be the former Carver Theatre and soon to be Good Samaritan Foundation.
posted by HowardBHaas on Feb 9, 2008 at 9:18am
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