Richardson Theatre
121 N. Townville Street,
Seneca,
SC
29678
121 N. Townville Street,
Seneca,
SC
29678
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The Richardson Theatre was opened on May 1 1935, replacing the former Star/Richardson Theatre (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). Seating was listed at 537. The theatre closed in the mid-1950’s.
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This item appeared in the May 13, 1935, issue of Motion Picture Daily:
The NRHP nomination form for the historic district in which the theater is located says that the Richardson Theatre opened in 1920, but I think that might have been a different theater operated by the Richardsons. Their Seneca house called the Star Theatre was mentioned in the March 5, 1924, issue of Motion Picture News. It’s possible that the Star Theatre was also called the Richardson Theatre at some point, but I haven’t found evidence that it was.This web page has a couple of programs from the Richardson Theatre, from 1936 and 1937. The page also mentions (at the bottom) that the Star Theatre was listed in the 1927 Film Yearbook.
A history or the Oconee County library system says that “[t]he Seneca Library opened in April 1953 in the Laurel Room of the Richardson Theater on Townville Street.” The page gives no clue as to what the Laurel Room was, or if it was an essential part of the theater. If it was, then the Richardson must have been closed in or before 1952. The library moved to another location in 1956.