Scroll down to the Lincoln Theater section on this site. They posted my CT photos from 2007, also linked to my photobucket account. I’m famous. http://tinyurl.com/cvfgob
It reminds me of the Royal in South Philadelphia, or the Imperial in Inglewood, CA. Both sat empty and rotting for years, although the Royal has been saved. The Imperial was razed for a strip mall.
That’s what I think. I just can’t turn the 1948 photos into this place, even with the rebuilding. Not sure if the original addition was for the 1948 place and then the mention of performing arts was added after the first post on 4/29/05. I can see the history being theater and then hardware store.
I’m having a little trouble reconciling the 1948 exterior photo posted on 7/9/07 with the current photos of the building. I’m hoping that we’re not mixing up the Opera House with another stand alone theater called the Smyrna.
I don’t think this is the Childress theater, but I would be curious to know the identity of this place. The photo is circa 1960s. It seems like I’ve seen that marquee before, but I don’t know where. http://tinyurl.com/c6z4lo
Here are photos from 1979 and 1983:
http://tinyurl.com/c9zdeb
http://tinyurl.com/d387c2
Scroll down to the Lincoln Theater section on this site. They posted my CT photos from 2007, also linked to my photobucket account. I’m famous.
http://tinyurl.com/cvfgob
They almost spelled it right.
It reminds me of the Royal in South Philadelphia, or the Imperial in Inglewood, CA. Both sat empty and rotting for years, although the Royal has been saved. The Imperial was razed for a strip mall.
Here are some April 2009 photos. The last is of the adjacent multiplex, which is not listed on CT.
http://tinyurl.com/dcodad
http://tinyurl.com/cf43jw
http://tinyurl.com/dhotld
http://tinyurl.com/cjy4b6
http://tinyurl.com/czwa58
http://tinyurl.com/cwbknj
http://tinyurl.com/cp4l7g
http://tinyurl.com/dhtf38
Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c6thg5
So it is. Thanks.
Here are two 1983 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/c6thg5
http://tinyurl.com/cbpudq
Two 1986 photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/d6bvbd
http://tinyurl.com/cqqwg5
Here is a 1967 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/dfoygg
That’s what I think. I just can’t turn the 1948 photos into this place, even with the rebuilding. Not sure if the original addition was for the 1948 place and then the mention of performing arts was added after the first post on 4/29/05. I can see the history being theater and then hardware store.
So it’s a facsimile of the old building.
Don’t know if this is the theater referred to in the above post.
http://tinyurl.com/cp5ltp
Unless like they said, they tore down all the old parts and then much later rebuilt everything to look like the opera house. Still odd, though.
Here is a 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c2csn8
They do look like two different buildings, though.
Last comment on this: I guess from reading the history they tore it down after the fire in 1948 and rebuilt it later. Question answered.
I’m having a little trouble reconciling the 1948 exterior photo posted on 7/9/07 with the current photos of the building. I’m hoping that we’re not mixing up the Opera House with another stand alone theater called the Smyrna.
Here is another photo of the Smyrna Opera House:
http://tinyurl.com/cy282s
Artist’s conception from a January 2009 blog:
http://tinyurl.com/dfzagd
No, you didn’t. I posted that for the Lux in New Mexico. Some crossed wires, I guess.
Looks a lot better there than when I saw it a few years ago.
I don’t think this is the Childress theater, but I would be curious to know the identity of this place. The photo is circa 1960s. It seems like I’ve seen that marquee before, but I don’t know where.
http://tinyurl.com/c6z4lo
1924 ad on Central Pier can be seen here:
http://tinyurl.com/dxmago
Here is a 1912 photo from Duke University archives:
http://tinyurl.com/dd8lge