Hargo Theatre

12762 Broad Street,
Sparta, GA 31087

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originalowner
originalowner on November 16, 2016 at 12:20 am

The history is inaccurate. I was borned in 1972, the year that my father purchased this building. I spent my entire childhood growing up in this building. I was there when this building burned down. It is different experience when you smell the smoke and see your dreams and aspirations go up and smoke. The building was not in bad shape, the seats had been replaced and the owner, my father was trying to protect the historical intergrity of the structure. A true historian and researcher would know that the current building has the same design as the original building and the original bricks for the old building were saved.

blh1956
blh1956 on November 22, 2013 at 9:13 pm

The building next door was a flower shop caught fire and burned the theater. The theater wasnt a total lost, but the owner who had a snack bar inside the theater decided to demo and was allow to place that metal building in the center of town. What a Shame!

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 30, 2012 at 2:46 am

that doesn’t look like the theatre i was talking about.JFbrantley probably saw the one i did,unless they remodeled the downtown the picture above does not look like the one i saw.

DavidSimpson
DavidSimpson on November 27, 2011 at 11:26 am

Here’s a photograph [September 2011] of what I believe to be the site of the demolished Hargrove.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 25, 2010 at 11:31 pm

thanks J.B. I don’t get by Sparta Much,I remember the theatre being on the corner.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on August 25, 2010 at 3:31 pm

I guess Google Map puts the theater at the corner of Broad Street and Boland Street, Is that correct?

Anyone have more info or photos?

JFBrantley
JFBrantley on August 25, 2010 at 12:14 am

If this theater is one the main street, it should be listed as demolished. I usually drive through Sparta going to Sandersville. I remember about six years ago one Sunday Morning riding through Sparta and seeing the old theater had burned. The building was demolished right after that and a cheesey temporary “snack shack” has been put in the theater’s place.