Don Gibson Theatre

318 S. Washington Street,
Shelby, NC 28150

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The State Theatre, an Art Deco style gem, opened its doors as the area’s most beautifully appointed movie house on October 27th, 1939. The local paper immediately praised it as "one of the most strikingly beautiful building fronts of the modern day" and prompted one patron to ask "Is this really a Shelby playhouse?"

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Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on January 16, 2010 at 5:17 pm

Here’s the website for the Don Gibson Theater. http://www.dgshelby.com/index.htm

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on February 14, 2010 at 11:16 pm

As the State & Flick the operators were H.H. Everett Theatres and later by Stewart & Everett.

atmos
atmos on March 15, 2010 at 3:35 am

The architect was Erle G Stillwell.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on March 18, 2010 at 8:56 am

There is some history on this theatre at this link.
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