Central Theatre
145 W. 15th Street,
Ely,
NV
89301
145 W. 15th Street,
Ely,
NV
89301
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Thanks revest266!
Wrong link: should be http://www.facebook.com/ElysCentralTheater
New Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/ElysCentralTheater
The Central Theater is reopened as of May 28th, 2012. I am managing it and am putting together a group to purchase the theater. Digital conversion should be completed by Sept.
I worked here as a teen in the late 50’s and early 60’s. The box office was between the doors. That was in the days when John Mariani was the doorman and Vic Walker was the Manager. Great times.
According to its facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ely-Central-Theater/298538513492675 , It closed in December.
Once again cool night shot ken mc.
Here is a night shot:
http://tinyurl.com/ye3bmhj
Another 2009 photo is here.
This is a recent photo.
Here are two more 1982 photos:
Photo1
Photo2
1982 Photo of the Central Theatre.
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Here’s a 2008 look at the CENTRAL: http://www.boxsetgallery.com/stein/index.html
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993
Central Theater (added 1993 – Building – #93000691)
145 W. 15th Ave., Ely
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Hull, Percy and Warren
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Area of Significance: Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
cool theater………love to see the inside!
Here is a 2008 photo.
This is a recent photo of the Central Theater.
This was part of the Hull Circuit in the early sixties. Hull also operated the Ely Theater in the same town.
My wife and I saw “Pirates of the Carribean 2” at the Central while on the home stretch of a three-week road trip through the Southwest last month. Even though the movie had been out for several weeks, there were probably about twenty patrons, mostly kids, with a parent or parents, in attendance. The staff of two teenage girls and one late teen/early twentysomething (?) young man welcomed us, and let me take pictures and showed me the old coal-burning furnace backstage. Although a late Thirties theatre, there is a rather deep stage (no fly tower), with the screen mounted at its rear. We were told that once in a great while the stage is still used for local events, most recently a fashion show for a local clothing retailer.
The exterior and interior of the theatre are not restored, but quite well preserved, if a little world-weary looking. The sign tower’s green neon letters still light up, and there is wonderful yellow backlit paneling in the reader board. The doors are beautiful. The lobby has gone through remodeling, probably in the Seventies or Eighties. The auditorium has soundfold-covered walls, but the ceiling still features rich art deco cast plasterwork with original decorative paint, and huge saucer-shaped light fixtures.
We were told that the theatre was built using all local talent and labor.