Bailey Theatre
Oak Street,
Bunkie,
LA
71322
Oak Street,
Bunkie,
LA
71322
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An October 2004 article in Preservation in Print mentions the Bailey Theatre (only available as a PDF document, here-
http://www.prcno.org/images/PIP200410.pdf)::)
“Buildings in other cities and towns have suffered similar fates. The Paramount Theater in Baton Rouge and the Bailey Theater in Bunkie (Avoyelles Parish) are only two of a number of city and small town movie theaters which have been lost to demolition or fire.”
Unfortunately, the article doesn’t specify which one in the case of the Bailey. This building had also been listed to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
This is from a persons memories of Bunkie. It mentions three theaters in Bunkie.
“Saturday nights in Bunkie – what a great time my family had on Saturday night. We all got cleaned up, my 2 older sisters and brother, then me and my younger brother – late on Saturday afternoon. Dad would drive all of us to Bunkie in our green 1940 Ford, and we would all go the picture show at the Bailey Theater. Not too long after the war started, we soon had two more shows; the FOX across the street from the Bailey and the RIO, right around the comer on Main Street. These picture shows filled to capacity on Saturday nights, in fact, the population of Bunkie seemed to increase by two or three thousand people on Saturdays and Saturday nights”.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Bailey Theatre (added 1979 – Building – #79001052)
Oak St., Bunkie
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Nehrbass,Fred, Bailey,Robert Lee
Architectural Style: Classical Revival
Area of Significance: Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater
1982 photo of the Bailey Theatre.
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The address for the Bailey Theatre was 120 W. Oak, it is now a Auto Zone.
Another 1982 photo is here.
I found an address of 142 W. Oak St. and when I googles it, it is now the City Hall and Courts.