Kearse Theatre
161-167 Summers Street,
Charleston,
WV
25301
161-167 Summers Street,
Charleston,
WV
25301
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The Kearse Theatre opened in November 1922 on Summers Street between Fife Street and Quarrier Street. In the 1950 Film Daily Yearbook, the Kearse Theatre is shown as being open. Listed to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the theater was nonetheless demolished three years later.
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Here is a 1949 ad from the Charleston Daily Mail:
http://tinyurl.com/2nvbut
Here is a June 1950 ad from the Charlesto Gazette:
http://tinyurl.com/2c5rgw
Does anyone have any good photos of the Kearse?
I don’t have any photos, but this is the nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places. There is alot of information about the former building on that form.
1976 Photo
1979 photo
Does anyone else have any photos or info on the Kearse thester?
November 1922 grand opening ads is at http://en.calameo.com/read/000247928e122e03ac73d
Awesome! Thanks for the info!
The theater for which construction contracts had just been let, according to an item in the January 14, 1922, issue of The American Contractor, must have been the Kearse:
Is this theater still around? I am in the process of buying and rehabbing the Philippi Grand and if it proves profitable I want to work on reopening other theaters in WV, KY, OH, PA, MD, and VA. There are so many wonderful old theaters with more character than any modern cookie cutter places.