Elk Twin Theatre
129 West Main Street,
Elkin,
NC
28621
129 West Main Street,
Elkin,
NC
28621
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The Elk Theatre opened in October of 1941. The building is vacant and money is trying to be raised to renovate the Reeves Theatre.
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Another photo of the Reeves Theater building can be seen here.
LM the two newspaper articles must have expired. There were also two other theatres in Elkin, the State and the Lyric. Anybody have any info on those two?
I hate linking to articles because the links usually expire. Since we aren’t supposed to post full articles into a comment, that doesn’t leave alot of options. I’ll check the Film Daily for those two theaters and see if they are listed.
Okay. The State and the Lyric are listed in the 1955 Film Daily. Unfortunately no address is given. At that time the State had 700 seats and the Lyric had 400 seats. You could check with Patsy. She is the North Carolina theater guru. LOL
LOL, LM I already sent her two that she couldn’t help me with, I think she passed them on to you. I will keep searching on the State & Lyric. Maybe something will pop up unexpectantly.
The theatre was the Elk Twin when it closed, so the header should elk Twin aka Reeves.
1984 photo of the Elk Twin Theatre.
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This theatre actually had three names, opened as the Elk Theatre, then the Reeves Theatre and finally the Elk Twin. The Elk Twin should be the lead in name with AKA’s of Elk and Reeves.
A donations jug that had been on a local bookstore’s counter that had been placed there to collect money to help restore the Reeves was recently stolen: View link
Collage of photos from 2008
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Thanks Chuck,hope the theatre was saved and not a parking lot.