Carolina Theatre
208 South Fayetteville Street,
Asheboro,
NC
28806
208 South Fayetteville Street,
Asheboro,
NC
28806
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The Architectural History of Randolph County North Carolina, published in 1985, says that the Carolina Theatre building was built in the 1920s as a post office. In 1935, the post office moved and the building was remodeled into a theater.
The interior featured some Art Deco detailing which (as of 1985) could still be seen in an area used for storage. The Carolina Theatre closed in 1962, and the building sat vacant until 1981 when it was again remodeled for commercial use.
There’s a small photo of the theater at the bottom of this page of the book.
Opened in 1939 – closed 1961, operated by Wilby-Kincey Theatres.
In 1955 the Carolina Theater had 408 seats.
According to Bowers' “Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments” page 551, there was a “Capital” theatre in Asheboro equipped with a Reproduco organ made by the Operators Piano Co. I could not find a page for the Capital, so I am putting this here for the time being.