Grace Street Theater
934 W. Grace Street,
Richmond,
VA
23220
934 W. Grace Street,
Richmond,
VA
23220
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Opened on October 13, 1935 as the Lee Theater with seating for 588. The Lee Theater was designed by Richmond architect Henry Carl Messerschmidt in an Art Deco style. By 1950, it was operated by Fabian Theaters chain. In 1962 it was renamed the Lee Art Theater which showed adult films. This continued until closing in 1993.
Now operating as the Grace Street Theater, a live performance theater operated by the Virginia Commonwealth University. A detailed history of this theater along with many photos can be found at the link below.
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Your “official website” photo comes from the same site as posted above. The Related Websites link IS the VCU Library.
OK. It’s early.
It might be a good time to stop at Starbucks. LOL
I did that already, but it didn’t work. I guess I have to order the larger size next trip.
Ads and photos for the Lee Art Theater can be found here.
The above photo should have gone on the Grace Street Cinemas, my error.
1984 photos of the Lee Theatre.
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1984 photo of the Lee Theatre.
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1987 photo of the Lee Theatre.
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1987 photo of the Lee Theatre.
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Here are some great photos and information on the Lee/Grace Street Theatre.
Thanks Jack for the pictures.
Nice photos of the Lee/GraceStreet Theatre.
2010 photo of the Grace Street Theatre