State Theatre
210 S. Main Street,
Culpeper,
VA
22701
210 S. Main Street,
Culpeper,
VA
22701
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The only thing that appears to be happening is that the sign saying great things are coming has been “freshened”.
As the owner’s name was Benjamin Pitts, there should not be an apostrophe in the aka above.
The Culpeper house was one of several mentioned in an article about expansion of Benjamin Pitts Enterprises which appeared in Boxoffice of August 14, 1937. The Pitts Theatre in Emporia had recently opened, the Victoria at Fredericksburg was due to open by Labor Day, and the East End Theatre in Richmond was under construction. The as-yet-unnamed house at Culpeper was in the planning stage. I’ve been unable to find anything about the opening in Boxoffice, but it most likely happened in 1938.
R/C Theatres renovated the Pitts and changed the name to State Theatre in 1970, according to Boxoffice of September 21 that year.
One thing for sure,NOTHING is going on,as of last week,with the building.Looks worse than ever.
Here is a November 2009 article about the State Theater.
This was the State Theater in 1981.
This is another photo of the State Theater.
Here are some recent photos of the State Theater.
According to this website, the State Theater will be renovated.
The new 4 plex is across the street and “sort of” in the next block.Address should be close,but an odd number.I was actually in Culpepper again today,on business.The State is really quite a large theater for such a small town.
Could the 210 Main Street address be incorrect for the State Theater? I found a theater called R/C Culpeper Movies 4 and their address is 210 South Main Street. Here is a website that shows the R/C Culpeper Movies 4.
Mr.G….This is a February 25, 2006 article that claims that a multimillion dollar restoration will take place and the State Theater will show movies again. This theater has an estimated opening date of 2008. Time will tell.
Good article Mr.K,but the “progress” just doesn’t show.Doesn’t even look like the doors have been opened for weeks,atleast.
This is a two page article dated 11/16/2005 about the State Theater. I hope this link lasts longer then the previous one did. And the address should be South Main St.
This theater continues UNcared for and gets more depressing by the month.There is a none-too active effort to save the place.They are a 501c group.Have a tiny window display in an office two blocks away.Culpepper(downtown)is SO charming,so full of girlie crap stores(sorry)that it cries out for a playhouse and venue,as proposed.The size is right,the growth of the area makes for a good future.I hope they get moving before major failures in the bldg.occur.By the way,the diner on the corner a block down is a real time warp-even have a juke box.
Here is a photo of the State Theater.
The State Theater is being renovated. An article and small photo are here.
Here is an old photo of the State Theatre.
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The address for the Pitts/State theatre was 210 Main Street, Culpeper, Va. The theatre closed when the R-C chain built a fourplex across the street at 201 Main Street.