Garden Theatre
1316 Lynn Garden Drive,
Kingsport,
TN
37665
1316 Lynn Garden Drive,
Kingsport,
TN
37665
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The Garden Theatre was opened August 23, 1942. It was destroyed by fire in November 1945.
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Jack Coursey
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The Garden opened on 8/23/42 with a showing of “"The Corsican Brothers”. Style was art deco. Seating was 359.
Here is a 1942 photo from the Kingsport Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3364yl
Here is an ad that was in the Times at the opening:
http://tinyurl.com/2o4zqs
The November 5, 1945, issue of The Kingsport News said that fire had destroyed the Garden Theatre, which was located on Gate City Highway about two miles north of Kingsport. I believe the area has since been annexed to Kingsport, and Gate City Highway is now called Lynn Garden Drive.
This web page says that the Garden Theatre was on the site now occupied by a fast food emporium called Pal’s. Pal’s is at 1316 Lynn Garden Drive, Kingsport, TN 37665, so that’s probably near enough for the vanished theater’s address.