Isis Theatre
743 Haywood Road,
Asheville,
NC
28806
743 Haywood Road,
Asheville,
NC
28806
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This small neighborhood theatre in West Asheville has an Art Deco style facade. It operated from the late-1930’s. In the early-1940’s, it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Carl Bamford. The Isis Theatre was closed in 1957.
It has been remodeled for a variety of retail uses and currently houses a restaurant and since late-2012, concerts are featured.
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Mark Huffstetler
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This is a circa 1937 photo of the Isis Theater.
Here is a new link for the 1937 photo.
The Isis was opened in January 1938 by Publix Theaters.
Interesting that they would be showing movies that were almost one year old in a new theater.
Boxoffice said, in its January 8, 1938, issue: “Asheville’s new $50,000 theatre, the Isis, held its formal opening December 27. The theatre was built by the Publix-Bamford Theatres and has a seating capacity of 555.”
From Joe’s article that would make the theatre opening in December, 1937. The Isis closed in Feb. 1961.
The Isis is being reopened as a concert restaurant venue. They have installed a beautiful marquee and a duplicate of the original sign that reads Isis. Will upload a photo as soon as I can.
Please see the photo I added. It is from a newspaper article. I will add more photo’s as i can when they open.
An article about the conversion to a restaurant/music hall can be read here.