Bijou Theatre
601-605 Walnut Street,
Chattanooga,
TN
601-605 Walnut Street,
Chattanooga,
TN
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The Bijou opened in 1906. Historic photographs show a large, handsome, brick building of five floors, with stone or plaster detailing in a restrained classical style. The theatre had two balconies and a large fly tower. The Bijou was severely damaged by a fire on December 19th, 1943, and the building was demolished in 1949.
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Here is a 1906 photo of the Bijou.
Jack, your link don’t seem to work, brings you right back to CT.
There is another Bijou Theatre in downtown Chattanooga located at 215 Broad St. that us currently in operation, not listed ont CT. Jack, do have anything on this theatre.
It is probally best that you copy and paste the web address (http://www.lib.chattanooga.gov/localHist/photodatabase.html)
since the site doesn’t respond well to urls. Once there, do a search for Bijou and it will direct you onto the photo site.
The Bijou Theatre was one of four theatres operated by Paramount Theatres, subsidiaries.
End of the road for the Bijou. The photo is from the Chattanooga Library:
http://tinyurl.com/25tork
Here are two 1934 photos, from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/2fcgn7
http://tinyurl.com/23t68r