Florida Twin Theatre
101 W. Call Street,
Starke,
FL
32091
101 W. Call Street,
Starke,
FL
32091
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Florida Twin Theatre (Official)
Additional Info
Architects: O.C.R. Stageberg
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Florida Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
904.964.5451
Manager:
904.964.5451
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The Florida Theatre opened on October 4, 1941. It was remodeled in 1972 and again in the 1980s when it became a twin.
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Bryan Krefft
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Here is another photo:
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The July 3, 1941, issue of The Film Daily ran this item about the Florida Theatre:
Stageburg is probably not the correct spelling of the architect’s name. A 1939 issue of the FAA Bulletin (Florida Association of Architects) spells it Stageberg, and as he was an officer of the organization they probably spelled it right.Another theater was planned for Starke in 1940, but I’ve been unable to discover if it was built or not. Noted in the October 11, 1940, issue of The Film Daily, it was to be a 1000-seat house designed by Roy Benjamin for the Sparks chain, and would have been built at Call and Court Streets. Court Street is not on the map, but Google Maps puts a pin icon for it anyway, down the block west of the Florida’s site. Court Street appears to have been absorbed into a parking lot since then.
The Florida is a jewel! The community keeps it up and going. Not exactly a twin in that the balcony has been closed off to create a smaller screening room rather than splitting the auditorium in half.