State Theatre
17 Patton Avenue,
Asheville,
NC
28801
17 Patton Avenue,
Asheville,
NC
28801
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The Strand Theatre was opened in August 1915. It was renamed State Theatre some time in the 1930’s.
The ‘Strand’ name was later used on the theatre located at 36 Biltmore Avenue, now known as the Fine Arts Theatre which is the only cinema still operating in downtown Asheville.
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Here is an undated photo. Note the law office directly above the theater. I hope they got a break on the rent:
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A Pilcher theater organ opus 1072 size 2/9 was installed in the Strand Theater in 1921 at a cost of $4,800.
Here is a 1924 photo of the Strand Theater.
The August 28, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World said that the Blomburg Amusement Company’s new Strand Theatre on Patton Avenue at Lexington in Asheville had opened earlier that month.