Martin Theatre
104 Oxford Street,
Martin,
TN
38237
104 Oxford Street,
Martin,
TN
38237
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They aren’t just a gym – more of a combination fitness center and physical therapy center. From a photo on their website (linked above) it looks like they’ve preserved the aut=ditorium fairly well – original architectural features as well as the proscenium are still there. Looks like a well maintained business.
A great movie is on the marquee"THE VERDICT"one our Christmas movies i really enjoyed seeing an old pro like Newman back.Should have WON THE OSCAR!!!!!!!
This theatre has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places.The Architerical Firm of Speight and Hibbs designed the theatre.Its seated 1000 people when opened.It also opened with air-conditioning.It now houses a Fitness center as posted above and a Physical Therapy Clinic.
1983 photo of the Varsity Theatre.
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1983 View link of the side auditorium of the Varsity Theatre.
1983 photo looking at the stage of the Varsity Theatre.
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This was the Varsity in 1999.
Great observation, I overlooked that. This is the website for The Sideline.
If you look at the waymarking page for the theater, it states that the Varsity is now a fitness center and that renovations are ongoing to restore some of the former exterior features. 104 Oxford would be the correct address.
This is a recent photo of the Varsity Theater building on Oxford Street. Above the marquee are the words “The Sideline”. There is a Fitness Center located at 104 Oxford Street called The Sideline. Could that be the address of this theater?
Here is a photo of the Varsity when it was a church.
A picture of this theater may be found with an accompanying article from 1951 here:
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This appears to be the same postcard as posted at the top of the page. This one includes the date. “Varsity Theater, Martin, TN, c. 1930-35, smooth linen postcard produced by Curt Teich Co”.
I found a listing for a Varsity Theatre on Oxford St (no street number on file) in Martin. The theatre was built around 1949 and was part of the Ruffin Amusement Company of Covington, TN. Ruffin also managed the Halls Theatre in Halls, TN and the Ritz in Covington, TN.
There was a Varsity Theatre in Martin and it looked excatly like that picture. It was renovated and reopened several years ago but it closed quickly. It was then turned into a church of some kind and is now currently a gym.It still looks pretty much like the same on the outside.
The only Varsity Theatre that I have found a listing for is located at 705 N. Dixie Ave, Cookeville, TN. There is a Cine Theatre on University Plaza Drive in Martin, but I don’t think that it was ever called the Varsity.