Polk Theatre
903 South Garden Street,
Columbia,
TN
38401
903 South Garden Street,
Columbia,
TN
38401
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Picture above is from the archives of Columbia Neon, and this shot was taken in 1951, just a little bit after the theater opened. We are currently raising funds to purchase the building and renovate/restore.
I think Songbird broke my foot in the lobby of the Polk, oh, around 1978.
Efforts have been launched by the local county arts council to acquire and then renovate the Polk as a downtown arts center: View link
My mistake, sorry! 1977 was the year it reopened with two screens. I was working there at the time.
Columbia is my home town. I also worked both at the Polk theater and the Sundown drive-in. The owners name was Vinson not Vincent. Thanks for remembering our hometown treasures that are cinema treasures! 1978 is right by the way.
A friend of mine used to live in Columbia so I will ask about his Polk theatre memories though he may have arrived there after the theatre was, imo, sadly twinned!
The Polk theater was actually twinned around 1977/78. I assisted in the reconstruction while attending the local college. I also remember the new twin theater opening with Close Encounters and The Gauntlet. I watched Star Wars in 1977 on the old single screen. The owner’s name at the time was Vincent and he also owned the Sundown Drive-in theater in those days.
One of the photos in this set was mistaking tagged as Polk Columbia, GA. It has been corrected and retagged as Polk, Columbia, TN. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
The above site shows a theatre in Columbia GA not Columbia TN.
Sorry, make that View link
A 2004 photo of the Polk can be viewed at View link