American Theater

446 King Street,
Charleston, SC 29403

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American Theater

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This theater is a beautiful example of the Art Moderne style, opened on September 19, 1942 with Judy Canova in “Joan of Ozark”. The theater is located in Charleston’s historic downtown, on King Street, along with the Riviera Theater and Garden Theater.

After showing movies with dining, the American Theater has now become a conference facility.

Contributed by Ross Melnick

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lostmemory
lostmemory on October 12, 2008 at 9:08 am

The name of the architect that I found for this theater is Augustus E. Constantine.

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 19, 2008 at 11:59 am

This is another photo of the American.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 23, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Another 2008 photo is here.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 22, 2009 at 1:23 am

Here is a photo circa 1970s:
http://tinyurl.com/lwlnku

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 22, 2009 at 5:21 am

What would the source for that photo be?

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on August 23, 2009 at 11:56 pm

King Street in Charleston had its share of theatres
Academy of Music AKA Riviera 225 King St.
Theatorium AKA New Theatorium 321 Kings St.
Pastime 282 King St.
Wonderland 249 King St.
Elisnore AKA Idle Hour 263 King St.
Majestic 343 King St.
Bon Air 364 King St.
Priness AKA Fairyland 304 King St.
Lyric 348 King St.
Elco 549 King St.
Uno 368 King St.
Dixieland 220 King St.
Dreamland (African American( 568 King St.
Maceo AKA Leader 422 King St.
Crescent (Believed to by African American) 617 King St.
Orpheum 424 King St.Colonial 372 King St.
Carolina 399 King St.
Garden 371 King St.
Lincoln 601 King St.
Gloria 331 King St.
Palace 568 King St.
American 446 King St.
Nothing left to show for all the rich history of theatres along King Street today.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on August 24, 2009 at 12:01 am

LM no sense asking for the source of any photos that he posts, you won’t get an answer. They are from his photobucket and he surely wasn’t the photographer. Very sad that you can’t just link to the photo from its source to give the proper credit where the credit is due.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 9, 2009 at 5:09 pm

This is a 2009 night photo.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 2, 2010 at 11:04 am

Some more 2009 photos of the American Theatre.
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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 16, 2010 at 9:25 am

Another 2009 photo of the American Theatre (night).
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