Roseland Theatre
48 Market Street,
Onancock,
VA
23417
48 Market Street,
Onancock,
VA
23417
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The Roseland Theatre was built for Roland Somers. Bernard Spigel, architect of Norfolk, Virginia, drew the plans in 1950.
Still open and showing first-run movies with the occasional foreign/art film. One of only two theatres on Virginia’s eastern shore that still show first-run films.
Saturday night, July 28, 2012, Virginia musician Robbin Thompson performs LIVE at the Roseland Theatre in Onancock. A night to remember! Tickets available at 757-787-3602 x0. Concert benefits the Relay for Life. First live music in many decades at the Roseland!
The theatre has a balcony and originally had dual arc 35mm projectors. It now has an automated projector system with a single 35mm projector and film platter system.
Shows International Films each year!
1950-1976 Principal Stockolder Richard L. Somers. 1976-Present Principal Stockholder & President, Scott R. Chandler.
More photos, old and new inside and out and more info are always welcome!
Onancock, ‘Nancock’ as the the locals call it, only has about 1,500 folks. It is located on the Delmarva Peninsula, DELaware, MARyland, VirginiA. Which is about 170 miles long and from 70-12 miles wide with the Chesapeake Bay on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. Until 1964 the sandy charming Virginia Easten Shore was only connected to Mainland Virginia at Norfolk/Virginia Beach by a Ferry. In that year the massive 23 MILE Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened and the ferry was no longer needed.
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Chief Bob Jensen, from Manteno, Illinois, Mile Post 47 on the IC/CN/AMTRAK the “MAIN LINE OF MID-AMERICA”
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PLEASE ADD:
OFFICE PHONE 757 787-2209
BOX OFFICE PHONE 757 787-2010
OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.roselandonancock.www
THANKS
The Roseland Theater’s doors have windows above them which read, “The best people on earth walk through these doors, our customers”, and “If when you pass you cannot stop, smile as you go by.” This really shows the essence of a small town theater.