Virginia Theatre

5117 Virginia Avenue,
St. Louis, MO 63111

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Linnie
Linnie on November 15, 2012 at 8:09 pm

I passed by there last week and it isn’t a church anymore. It’s empty.

spectrum
spectrum on November 27, 2010 at 8:57 am

The goole maps show the building still there although in much better condition than the 2000 photo above. Looks like the church did some renovations!

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 9, 2009 at 7:26 pm

The style reminds me of theaters in the UK. The Westend must have been an early theater. I don’t have a listing for it. You should add it.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2008 at 7:23 pm

This is a color photo from 2000.

Skip
Skip on May 21, 2007 at 4:57 am

In the previous picture, there are two small homes directly across the street (Vermont Ave) just off the right side of the picture. A life long friend grew up there before moving to Colorado in the 60’s. His dad was born in one of those houses and still lives in the other one which he built in the 40’s. The interesting thing is that my friend’s Mom and Dad STILL live there. She’s 89 and he’s 97… born in 1910, the same year the theatre was built!

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 20, 2007 at 4:32 pm

Here is a recent photo of the church located in this former theater.

JAlex
JAlex on May 9, 2004 at 9:42 am

Theatre opened with vaudeville and films in 1910.

Building permit lists owner as August A. Busch (Anheuser-Busch).

Architect the firm of Klipstein & Rathman.

Wehrenberg took over theatre in 1928.

Skip
Skip on February 11, 2004 at 12:00 pm

Thanks for the history. But when you talk about the South Hampton/Roxy are you still talking about the Virginia?

Skip
Skip on February 11, 2004 at 8:20 am

Isn’t 1910 a little early? Fred Wehrenberg opened his first theatre in an empty storefront next to his saloon/grocery in 1906.