The info above is incorrect. The Google photo shows WEST Fourth Street. The Lafayette was at 108 EAST Fourth. The seating capacity was closer to 300. It was in operation prior to 1930. The building was demolished (along with the rest of the block which included the Lincoln and New Rex theaters) in 1972 for Wachovia Bank’s computer facility known as the Phillips Building. The unsightly box occupies the entire block and today houses the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Dept.
The Broadway and the Hollywood were in the same building which was lost in a fire around 1950-53. The building was toward the south end of the block (on the east side) near where the Google photo is positioned.
The Colonial and Center were also in the same building which was in the center of the block. That building was torn down in 1972-3 for the Liberty-Main parking structure which (unfortunately) still stands. The State Theater was a c.1919 rebuild of the 1903 Elks Auditorium which burned. It stood at the north end of the block and became State Furniture in its last years. It. too was demolished for the parking deck.
The city bus station was built on the north end of the block on the WEST side of Liberty in 1995. It replaced buildings constructed between 1883 and 1914, none of which were theaters.
The info above is incorrect. The Google photo shows WEST Fourth Street. The Lafayette was at 108 EAST Fourth. The seating capacity was closer to 300. It was in operation prior to 1930. The building was demolished (along with the rest of the block which included the Lincoln and New Rex theaters) in 1972 for Wachovia Bank’s computer facility known as the Phillips Building. The unsightly box occupies the entire block and today houses the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Dept.
The Broadway and the Hollywood were in the same building which was lost in a fire around 1950-53. The building was toward the south end of the block (on the east side) near where the Google photo is positioned. The Colonial and Center were also in the same building which was in the center of the block. That building was torn down in 1972-3 for the Liberty-Main parking structure which (unfortunately) still stands. The State Theater was a c.1919 rebuild of the 1903 Elks Auditorium which burned. It stood at the north end of the block and became State Furniture in its last years. It. too was demolished for the parking deck.
The city bus station was built on the north end of the block on the WEST side of Liberty in 1995. It replaced buildings constructed between 1883 and 1914, none of which were theaters.
Here’s a site w/ blueprints & photos:
http://www.uptownsedalia.com/index.html
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kbHDZEsSSs