American Theatre
233 Centre Street,
Pocahontas,
VA
24635
233 Centre Street,
Pocahontas,
VA
24635
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This theatre appears on the 1923 Sanborn, replacing two tiny shops on the 1913 map.
The building was a two story brick building, fairly conventional for the era. It remains in operation on the 1930 map, which shows a rectangular awning over the front. It had closed by 1931.
Like almost all of downtown, this was demolished many years ago. The site is a vacant lot. The address is an estimate.
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The last appearance of the American Theatre in the FDY is in the 1929 edition. Pocahontas itself does not appear in the 1930 edition, but in 1931 a 400-seat house called the Palace is listed as the only theater in town. It is possible that the American closed in late 1929 and reopened sometime in 1930 as the Palace. Pocahontas still had its Palace Theatre in 1950, when it was one of the houses mentioned in the February 4 issue of Boxoffice as part of the Newbold-Keesling chain.