Comparing the pictures I took in 2010, you can see that a lot of the windows have been replaced in the McWilliams building (taller structure on the right side). Hopefully work will continue. Seems a lot of new restaurants, etc. have opened since I was there. I did notice that some of the wall had crumbled, and I’m surprised at how much damage it caused.
Street view is wrong, because the address is wrong (maybe 258?). Theater is at the other end of the block, and the old Paramount marquee is visible (as of 2013 at least) after being covered by a sheet metal shroud for years.
Almost certainly on Peeler Ave (most likely S side), although Chiz St is a possibility. No telling if the building is still there. Was likely just a storefront, and although downtown is a sad mess, about half the buildings are still there.
Need streetview added. The theater is on Public Square. I can’t figure out the crazy numbering system they use (everything on all 4 sides is 1—), but it’s on the northern half of the east side. Derelict, no marquee, looks like it was briefly used as a church.
I think it has to be the building at 100 E Washington. Very obviously used to be a theater. Wish streetview went there, but here’s my picture: https://tinyurl.com/yby33nbr (and no, for some stupid reason I didn’t get a picture of the cornerstone).
Unless odds and evens were switched at some point, the address must be wrong. The house next to the ‘theater’ is 207. No room for it to have been across the street, the lot isn’t deep enough. Looking at the side of the newer section of the building, it isn’t very deep, and has a lot of windows. If one of that complex is the theater, it has to be the older wooden building on the corner, which is much deeper.
Not sure why almost all of the information in the listing relates to a different theater in a different town. The building must have been vacant for a long time. The 1979 NRHP listing has it down as ‘ruins’, which is clearly an exaggeration, but it must still have been vacant.
The address must be wrong. 215 was a store, long ago demolished. In the 1979 NRHP listing, the pictures show it to be the Michael Ellis Dry Goods store, and it has obviously been that for a long time by then. A construction date of 1927 is given, and the building has large recessed shop windows that make it obvious it was built as a store. Nothing else on the block is a good candidate. A few of the older commercial buildings on the block are deep enough, but none really look like a theater, and most had clearly been occupied for many years by other businesses in the 1979 photos.
Not demolished, at least as of 2014. It’s on the south side of Main, 700 block. White plastered brick with 4 weird ‘spikes’ on the front. A scar is just visible where the marquee is missing. Looks long abandoned, marquee was already gone by 1981 when the state did a historic survey.
Theater is not demolished, at least not as of the Jan. ‘16 streetview pass. Address would be somewhere between 317 and 403 Front St. It looks like the numbers change in the middle of the block. Front is covered with ugly sheet metal, and the street level with plywood, but it is occupied, and a marquee is still present.
Some of the building is still there, just the front wall with the entrance closed off by a gate. The empty shell may be used as a market. Marquee is long gone, but the tar where it was attached is evident.
Given that this stayed open longer, it’s probably the derelict at 112 W. Main. No marquee, stuccoed conversion of a turn of the century storefront. Not sure how to add a streetview.
No information at all? Anyhow, the map marker is completely wrong. The address might have been 213 S Cedar. I think the building is still there, with a really ugly remodel.
Comparing the pictures I took in 2010, you can see that a lot of the windows have been replaced in the McWilliams building (taller structure on the right side). Hopefully work will continue. Seems a lot of new restaurants, etc. have opened since I was there. I did notice that some of the wall had crumbled, and I’m surprised at how much damage it caused.
Address is wrong. Should be on E Marion St. Number might be 18.
Street view is wrong, because the address is wrong (maybe 258?). Theater is at the other end of the block, and the old Paramount marquee is visible (as of 2013 at least) after being covered by a sheet metal shroud for years.
Almost certainly on Peeler Ave (most likely S side), although Chiz St is a possibility. No telling if the building is still there. Was likely just a storefront, and although downtown is a sad mess, about half the buildings are still there.
Streetview is on the wrong street, but the building must still be there. Probably one of the storefronts covered with ugly sheet metal.
Need streetview added. The theater is on Public Square. I can’t figure out the crazy numbering system they use (everything on all 4 sides is 1—), but it’s on the northern half of the east side. Derelict, no marquee, looks like it was briefly used as a church.
Suggest 203 E Pine. It looks like it could have been a theater, although now badly disfigured.
I think it has to be the building at 100 E Washington. Very obviously used to be a theater. Wish streetview went there, but here’s my picture: https://tinyurl.com/yby33nbr (and no, for some stupid reason I didn’t get a picture of the cornerstone).
Unless odds and evens were switched at some point, the address must be wrong. The house next to the ‘theater’ is 207. No room for it to have been across the street, the lot isn’t deep enough. Looking at the side of the newer section of the building, it isn’t very deep, and has a lot of windows. If one of that complex is the theater, it has to be the older wooden building on the corner, which is much deeper.
Should this have an aka of Crystal? The description on the Folly has a Crystal ‘around the corner and down a block’, which would fit the Trace.
Not sure why almost all of the information in the listing relates to a different theater in a different town. The building must have been vacant for a long time. The 1979 NRHP listing has it down as ‘ruins’, which is clearly an exaggeration, but it must still have been vacant.
The address must be wrong. 215 was a store, long ago demolished. In the 1979 NRHP listing, the pictures show it to be the Michael Ellis Dry Goods store, and it has obviously been that for a long time by then. A construction date of 1927 is given, and the building has large recessed shop windows that make it obvious it was built as a store. Nothing else on the block is a good candidate. A few of the older commercial buildings on the block are deep enough, but none really look like a theater, and most had clearly been occupied for many years by other businesses in the 1979 photos.
Needs to be listed as demolished.
Not demolished, at least as of 2014. It’s on the south side of Main, 700 block. White plastered brick with 4 weird ‘spikes’ on the front. A scar is just visible where the marquee is missing. Looks long abandoned, marquee was already gone by 1981 when the state did a historic survey.
Theater is not demolished, at least not as of the Jan. ‘16 streetview pass. Address would be somewhere between 317 and 403 Front St. It looks like the numbers change in the middle of the block. Front is covered with ugly sheet metal, and the street level with plywood, but it is occupied, and a marquee is still present.
I don’t think Main St can be right. It’s not terribly main at all, just a few houses. Jefferson St makes more sense.
Some of the building is still there, just the front wall with the entrance closed off by a gate. The empty shell may be used as a market. Marquee is long gone, but the tar where it was attached is evident.
511 Main actually is across the street from the courthouse. Building may or may not be demolished, but nothing looks like a theater.
Given that this stayed open longer, it’s probably the derelict at 112 W. Main. No marquee, stuccoed conversion of a turn of the century storefront. Not sure how to add a streetview.
Building was demolished sometime after 2008.
Appears to be open under the name ‘Cedar Street Cinemas’.
Map marker is way off. Corner of Maple and Oak is a wasteland of huge parking lots.
No information at all? Anyhow, the map marker is completely wrong. The address might have been 213 S Cedar. I think the building is still there, with a really ugly remodel.
The theater closed for good on 10/3/16.
That’s because it hasn’t been demolished yet. Soon means in the next few months, presumably.