State Theatre
209 S. Center Street,
Statesville,
NC
28677
209 S. Center Street,
Statesville,
NC
28677
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Opened March 3rd, 1939.
State theatre opening 03 Mar 1939, Fri Statesville Daily Record (Statesville, North Carolina) Newspapers.com
The postcard lostmemory linked to shows that the State Theatre’s entrance was in the narrow building between what is now the Bank of Granite, 207 S. Center Street, and the City Center Building, 211 S. Center Street. The theater’s address must have been 209 S. Center Street, not N. Center Street.
You can use this map for location:
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Scroll downtown and it is south of Woolworth’s. You can also see where the Playhouse was located.
The STATE THEATRE in STATESVILLE, N.C., opened in 1940 and closed April 23, 1961. The final feature shown was THE MILLIONAIRESS starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers.