Capitol Theatre
Reynolds Street,
Plant City,
FL
33563
Reynolds Street,
Plant City,
FL
33563
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According to the book Remembering Plant City, by Gilbert Gott, the Capitol was in the Young and Moody Building, which is on the northeast corner of W. Reynolds and N. Evers Streets. Gott says that the theater was on Reynolds Street, and opened in 1924.
Judging from the configuration of the building, the auditorium must have occupied the back half of the square structure, with the screen end along Evers Street where the second-floor wall is still blank brick, while the rest of that facade has fenestration. The theater entrance must have been at the east end of the Reynolds Street side of the building, farthest from the street corner, at about 110 W. Reynolds. Here is a recent photo of the Young and Moody Building.
The Captiol might have been located at 202 N. Evers Street. I’ve found articles saying it was threatened with demolition in 1996, but was renovated in either 2003 or 2006. The building in question doesn’t really resemble a theater from the outside, but that makes sense if it only operated on one floor.
Would love to see a photo of this one!
A Robert-Morton theater organ size 2/3 style 49 was installed in the Capitol Theater in 1927.