Arcade Theatre

C J. Encohus and Charles A. McElravy opened the new-build Arcade Theatre in 1917. The theatre converted to sound to remain viable under the auspices of Dixie Theatres Corporation of New Orleans. The Arcade was a survivor finally closed in 1951 as the longest-running theater in the city’s history to that point at 34 years. The building was then retrofitted for a location of the Jitney Jungle Grocery Store chain.