Paramount Theatre
139 South Center Street,
Goldsboro,
NC
27530
139 South Center Street,
Goldsboro,
NC
27530
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Housed inside a building constructed in 1882, the Paramount Theatre opened in the 1920’s as a 900-seat movie house. Later reborn as a performing arts venue, the Paramount Theatre was devastated in February 2005 by a blaze.
It was rebuilt and reopened in February 2008. Seating is now provided for 350 on the orchestra level and 150 in the balcony.
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Here is another site that discusses the event held on 2/15/08:
http://www.cstheatre.org/paramount.shtml
The Paramount Theater is open and don’t worry, i’ve got plenty of pictures of the old one and the new one. The new one, I have pictures of the outside AND the inside!!
Have a frontal picture if anyone want to see it (And it is BEFORE the Fire,too)
The Paramount has a full schedule of events. Status should be open, and function should be performing arts or live performances.
Someone else already mentioned that it was open.
1981 photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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Therre was also a Center Theatre in Goldsboro, does anyone have any info on it?
An interesting coincidence: I saw a couple of Ava Gardner movies yesterday (she’s November’s “star of the month” on the Turner Classic Movies channel) and just now, when I did a Google search on the Paramount in Goldsboro, I found a biography of her that says that in 1940, when she was attending Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) in nearby Wilson, North Carolina, a fellow named J.M. Fordham took her to a movie at the Paramount.
Did any part of the original Paramount survive the fire? The rebuilt Paramount looks shorter and wider than the old one.
I now work at the Paramount and didn’t even realize this site was out there. I’m currently on the search for pictures of the original building…so please let me know if any of you would be able to send me any (my email address is ). And NightHawk1, so you know…there are no original parts of the theatre since reconstruction. The building is brand new from the foundation up. The original intention was to try and save the front facade…but it was too damaged. The new building has a wider footprint because the small office to the side was also torn down after the damage.
I remember going into the Paramount is a kid. One movie I remember watching was the new movie “Grease”. You would walk in and take a right turn to walk up the small ramp to pay for your ticket and then you would buy your drink and popcorn. I remember the carpet being bright red during this time. I never did sat in the balcony. During this time in the late 70’s you had several movie theatre to go to in Goldsboro. I have pictures of the Paramount the few days after the building burned and being roped off downtown. I found this site by accident looking for information on the Air Vue Drive-In theatre. It use to be Berkeley Blvd across the street from News-Argus.