Lee Theatre

3819 W. 13th Street,
Little Rock, AR 72204

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Birdsong
Birdsong on December 29, 2023 at 1:42 pm

I made a video covering the history and attempts to revive this historic theater: https://youtu.be/ZmyIozLwhfk

Jake Bottero
Jake Bottero on September 15, 2022 at 3:51 am

Completely abandoned, roof is caved in.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 5, 2017 at 2:40 pm

July 4th, 1948 grand opening ad for air conditioning.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 5, 2017 at 10:44 am

This reopened as Lee theatre on September 29th, 1939. Grand opening ad in the photo section. It opened as the Highland theatre in 1924

fredtheprez
fredtheprez on January 25, 2017 at 3:03 pm

Hello, I am working with a group to help save the Lee Theater. Right now our main goal is to raise enough money this year to put a roof on it to protect from further damage. We plan to start a facebook page soon to ask for pictures or memories from those who may have live in the area and attended the location. We will need any help or advice for this project.

Daunte_Sanders
Daunte_Sanders on July 13, 2016 at 9:19 pm

Is Restoration possible for this historic site?

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 29, 2009 at 1:35 am

There were two theaters at this location. The first, called the Highland Theatre, was a 300-seat, single-floor house that was demolished to make way for the much larger Lee Theatre. An article about the Lee appeared in Boxoffice, March 30, 1940.

The Lee Theatre was designed by Jack Corgan, of Corgan & Moore. The Boxoffice article claimed that the Lee had 950 seats, with 750 on the main floor and 200 in the segregated balcony. The art moderne style of the interior was achieved largely through paint effects in this budget project costing $25,000.