Camden Theater
725 Market Street,
Parkersburg,
WV
26101
725 Market Street,
Parkersburg,
WV
26101
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The Camden Theater was built in the late 1890’s as an opera house. It began showing movies in the 1910’s. The Camden Theater burned down in 1929. Today, the Parkersburg Art Center is located on the site of this former theater.
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Here are some photos from the early part of the 20th century:
http://tinyurl.com/jvk4l
http://tinyurl.com/g6jtp
http://tinyurl.com/hsa9v
The first organ installed in the Camden Theater in 1915 was a Moller opus 1866 theater organ. That organ was replaced in 1925 with a Moller opus 4456 size 3/18 theater organ.