American Theater
125 East Mellen Street,
Hampton,
VA
23669
125 East Mellen Street,
Hampton,
VA
23669
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The American Theater opened around 1912. In the 1930’s the name was changed to the Lee Theater. The Lee Theater closed in the 1970’s as a “regular” movie theater and re-opened as an adult movie theater. It then closed as an adult theater and re-opened as the New American Theater, a second run movie house.
The New American Theater closed for good as a movie theater around 1996. In 1999 this theater re-opened under its original name of the American Theater. It is operated by the Hampton Arts Council and it is now a live performance theater.
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Some photos and history of the American/Lee theater can be seen here:
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On that website there is an opening date given of 1908. That date is for the first American Theater that was located there. That theater burned down in 1911 and was replaced with the current theater.
Here is a 1931 photo. An interesting building, to say the least:
http://tinyurl.com/ruouc
This is an updated link for this theater.
This is a 2007 photo of the American Theater.
Here is another updated link for the Hampton Arts website.
Exterior photo
Interior photo
Nice website, Looks very nice.I wonder what happened to the statues that were on the outside of the theatre?