State Theatre
100 Main Street,
Jewett City,
CT
06351
100 Main Street,
Jewett City,
CT
06351
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The State Theatre on Main Street in the Jewett City section of Griswold opened in 1939.
Originally a single screen, the later-twinned theater was part of the Welch Theatres chain along with cinemas in Norwich, Willimantic, and Killingly.
The Jewett City Cinemas closed in April of 2003, but was renovated and restored, and returned to its original name, the State, when it reopened in April 2005, but the theater closed again in August of 2005. In November, 2005, the State once more opened under new ownership. Once again the theater closed in April 2006.
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Roger Katz
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does this theatre still have all of its equipment?
No. It was sent off to Idaho or Iowa or something.
Actually the equipment went to North Dakota where it will be installed next month. Most of the seats went to NH. We pulled the booth out the majority of the chairs in May. The remaining 153 chairs were pulled in July.
All of the equipment is now out of the buiding and what’s left is an empty shell.
Brian Vita, President
Cinema Service & Supply, Inc.
www.cssinc.com
Please update status to closed.
Here is a photo of the State Theater.
the state theatre had 216 seats in each auditorium
Hi,
I was wondering if any of you know who might possibly be in ownership of this empty shell of a theater now? Please let me know if you have any information. I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks so much.
Stupid me, I forgot to post about this the other day. I was on a bike trip and snapped pix (emailed to CinemaTour). It’s the Jewett City Pharmacy. The marquee is still there but empty of letters and “STATE” is still above it.
2 poster holders are on either side of the exit doors. There’s a drop ceiling but it’s spacious inside. The owner says the back offices are where the stage house is, but there are no remnants of the original theater.
From 1941 a photo postcard view of Main Street along with the State Theatre in Jewett City.
Just came upon this. When I summered in nearby Voluntown in the 1950s the theatre was only open on weekends. I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.