Wyoming Theatre
Howard Avenue,
Mullens,
WV
25882
Howard Avenue,
Mullens,
WV
25882
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There were at least two theatres in Mullens. The Rialto Theatre was on Moran Avenue at First Street and the Wyoming Theatre was on Howard Avenue at 2nd Street, which opened in 1918. It suffered a fire in the early-1950’s. It was rebuilt and reopened on June 18, 1953 and was open into the 1970’s.
I never remember the Rialto Theatre being open but do remember the Wyoming Theatre. Both buildings were torn down after the 2001 flood.
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Ron Stafford
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This item from the March 23, 1918, issue of The American Contractor could be about the Wyoming Theatre:
The NRHP Registration Form for the Mullens Historic District, of which the Wyoming Theatre is a contributing structure, says that the Wyoming was built in 1922, but Exhibitors Trade Review announced the opening of the house in the spring of 1919. Possibly something happened to the original theater and it was replaced in 1922, or maybe the Registration Form is simply mistaken.The March 8, 1919, issue of Exhibitor’s Trade Review had this item about the Wyoming Theatre:
The first name of architect A. F. Wysong was Alphonso. Wysong had offices in Princeton and Bluefield, and designed a number of significant buildings in the region, but so far the Wyoming is the only movie theater I’ve found among his works. He did design the Municipal Auditorium at Charleston, West Virginia, built in 1939 and now listed on the NRHP.This opened in 1918 and rebuilt after a fire reopening on June 18th, 1953. Grand opening ad posted.
Found on Newspaperarchive.com
Address must have been something like 122. The dealership to the south, which is also gone now, was 120. The 1922 map shows the original structure to have been slightly shorter with a tall stage tower at the rear.