Westchester Mall Cinemas
2200 Westchester Drive,
High Point,
NC
27262
2200 Westchester Drive,
High Point,
NC
27262
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Chuck 1231: I will find the exact date to the ad for the grand opening of the Trans-Lux Theatre in High Point,and when I do I will revised the following information. In the meantime,I have revised the following information for three High Point theatres(The Towne Theatre, The Martin Twin Theatres,and the Capri Triple)which have been updated on the cinema treasures site. I may have to dig into the old newspaper ads within the Microfilm for this information(probably taking a trip over to UNC Libraries at the Wilson Library for this). But I will let you know.
Question from previous comment: When you say in-close shopping center do you mean a closed in shopping center like a mall? My answer is yes,this was in fact a closed in shopping center,and it was the High Point’s first-ever mall. And the only mall located in the Triad at the time of it’s opening in 1968. Long before Hanes Mall and Four Seasons Mall established breaking ground in the mid-1970’s. The Westchester Mall was the only mall in High Point until the mid-1990’s when The Oak Hallow Mall broke ground as the town’s largest mall.
raysson, that is pretty much the same as what I had in my comments on Feb. 7, 2010. There needs to be some corrections made to the lead in in the header.When you say in-close shopping center do you mean a closed in shopping center like a mall?
FYI: Westchester Mall opened in 1968 as High Point’s and the Triad’s first-in close shopping center anchored by three department stores consisting of Thalhimers, J.C. Penney, and Eriad’s Department Store. The cinema was on the opposite end of the shopping center when it opened in 1970 as the Trans-Lux Theatre that was owned and operated by Brandt Theatres as a 690 seat single screener. Received its new name The Westchester Mall Cinema in 1975 when it was still a single screen theatre. It remained that way until the 1990’s when it was twinned and change it’s format from showing first-run features to becoming a second-run discount movie house until it’s closing in 2000.
Opened in 1970 as the Trans-Lux Theatre by Brandt Theatres. When it first opened it was a single screen. In the early 1990’s it was twinned. Received its new name in 1975, Westchester Mall Theatre. When it was twinned it became the Westchester Mall Cinemas. Closed in 2000.
Owned and operated by Kleesburg Cinemas as a second-run discount theatre.