American Theater

125 East Mellen Street,
Hampton, VA 23669

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TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on September 2, 2010 at 1:28 pm

Nice website, Looks very nice.I wonder what happened to the statues that were on the outside of the theatre?

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 2, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Exterior photo

Interior photo

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 2, 2009 at 3:29 pm

Here is another updated link for the Hampton Arts website.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 9, 2007 at 12:18 pm

This is a 2007 photo of the American Theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 13, 2007 at 8:03 am

This is an updated link for this theater.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 9, 2006 at 3:31 pm

Here is a 1931 photo. An interesting building, to say the least:
http://tinyurl.com/ruouc

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 7, 2005 at 6:49 am

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.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 7, 2005 at 6:47 am

Some photos and history of the American/Lee theater can be seen here:
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