Church Hill Theatre
103 Walnut Street,
Church Hill,
MD
21623
103 Walnut Street,
Church Hill,
MD
21623
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Built in 1929 as a community building for dances, graduations, town meetings. etc. In 1935 it became a movie theatre, featuring first run films. The first movie shown starred Will Rogers in “Steamboat ‘Round The Bend”. Movies were shown continuously until 1980.
The building was slated for demolition, but was purchased by a group of preservationists. By 1983 the Theatre had become a Community Arts Center featuring year round schedules of community theatre, education in theatre arts, music concerts, summer drama camp, staged readings and productions of original works.
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Betsy Sener Durham
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There is a photo of this theater and some background on the theater building here:
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(click on the photo to enlarge it)
Another small photo and some history of this theater is here:
http://www.historicqac.org/sites/CHtheatre.htm
BTW…..In both photos, the name on the marquee is spelled “CHURCHILL” with one “H” and no space. Was this theater renamed?
This is a recent photo of the Churchill Theater.
Was it 1983 when it closed? wow how time flies I remember see Rocky there, It was the last movie my father took me to before he passed away, Glad to see that one was preserved.