Roxy Theatre
629 Albemarle Avenue,
Greenville,
NC
27858
629 Albemarle Avenue,
Greenville,
NC
27858
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The Roxy Theatre was operating from around 1950 until 1955. It was an African American theatre, operated by the Booker T. Theaters chain.
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Ken Roe
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The Roxy Theatre is located at 629 Albemarle Avenue in downtown Greenville. The building still stands and is remarkably intact. The “ROXY” letters have been removed from the marquee and the “R” on the marquee front has been altered to a “P”. It has been used most recently as a church.
If the site is in downtown Greenville, why doesn’t Google Street Maps provide a view? Perhaps the address is incorrect?
The Roxy may be considered outside of downtown, since Albemarle Avenue was considered the"wrong side of the tracks" back when the Roxy showed movies. Also, Google screwed up on the location of the 264 Playhouse (I fixed that theatre’s Google picture), and several other theatres. The book “The Architectural Heritage of Greenville, North Carolina” lists on page 122 the “Roxy Theatre, 629 Albemarle Avenue”. Maybe this information is wrong.
I was wrong about the “R” on the marquee; it is now an “F”. Also, I remember that back in 1972 or 1973 the movie “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (“Rated X by an All-White Jury”) played the Roxy, or at least was listed on the marquee. It was the first time I remember seeing the word “ass” (in this case an alternate spelling thereof) on a theatre marquee. I was shocked, but then again I was only four or five years old at the time!
http://www.landmarkhunter.com/199433-roxy-theater/ If you plug that address into Google Maps, it clearly shows the theater. Very simple, but still a cool old intact theater, marquee and all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chathamshooter/550006247/