Cameo Art House Theatre
225 Hay Street,
Fayetteville,
NC
28301
225 Hay Street,
Fayetteville,
NC
28301
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The Cameo Art House Theatre is the rebirth of the earliest and last remaining historic theater building in downtown Fayetteville, North Carolina. Closed as a movie theater when replaced by larger theaters. Built in the 1920’s, the building last housed Dixie Billards and was gutted and slated for demolition for many years.
Purchased in 1997 by three local architects, Chris and Nasim Kuenzel and Eric Lindstrom, the Cameo reopened in 2000. The Cameo has won numerous preservation and adaptive re-use awards and added a second screen, the Loge, on the second floor of its two story storefront style building, in 2002. The Cameo is cited as the “tipping point” in the revitalization of downtown Fayetteville and it’s marquee burns brightly each night.
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Here is a recent photo of the Cameo Art House Theater.
This is a close-up of the Cameo Art House Theater.
The Cameo Art House opened as the Dixie Theatre in 1914.
According to Bowers' “Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments” page 551, there was a “Princess” theatre in Fayetteville equipped with a Reproduco organ made by the Operators Piano Co. I could not find a page for the Princess, so I am putting this here for the time being.
P.S. great job on the renovation/revitalization of the Cameo!
Here is a recent photo of the Cameo at night.
I was in Fayetteville years ago, but I don’t remember seeing this theater. It may have been a pool hall at that time.
The Cameo Art House Theatre is featured in the 2011 North Carolina Trvel Guide. (With Photo)
That shur don' look like no movin pitcher show in that there snapshot.
The Cameo Art-House Theatre is one of two arthouse cinemas that are located EAST of Raleigh,North Carolina that specializes in showing first-run independent films,documentaries,and foreign releases.
The other is the Thalian Hall Center in Wilmington,NC. This theatre is not listed on the cinema treasures website,but they do have an address for this site: http://www.thalianhall.com
First the Galaxy Cinema in Cary, then the Parkhill Cinema in Tarboro, and now the Cameo Theatre in Fayetteville – all three are now in danger of closing (the Galaxy due to issues with the landlord, the Parkhill and Cameo due to digital conversion). ABC11 News (on their 10pm newscast on WLFL CW22) has reported that the Cameo Theatre may have to close because of the high cost of digital conversion. The future of small, independent cinemas in North Carolina, the USA and elsewhere seems to be dimming; the big boys (Carmike, Regal and the now-Chinese-owned AMC among others) conspire with the studios to squeeze out the alternatives.