Alamo Theatre
19 Court Square,
Newnan,
GA
30263
19 Court Square,
Newnan,
GA
30263
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Opened as the Newnan Theatre in 1928 it was a conversion of retail space. In 1939 it was redesigned by the GA architectural firm Tucker & Howell. The theater is located in downtown Newnan, GA.
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The Alamo Theatre was located at 19 Court Square and it seated 551 people.
It was renovated in 2004 and is now an entertainment venue that features live music, DJ’s, karaoke, trivia, and Texas Hold ‘Em theme nights. The theater curtains remain as well as some of the original theater seats. You can even see the old projector in the front window. www.alamojacks.com
Here is a photo I took of the theatre several years ago.
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Another photo.
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This was part of the Lam Amusement chain in the early sixties. It’s misidentified in the 1963 almanac as being in Newman, GA.
Alamo Jack’s is now just The Alamo, and has a new web site. The site includes an early photo of the Alamo Theatre, plus a scan of an article from a local newspaper (though its hard to read, the scan being too small) which says that the Alamo Theatre opened in 1928 in space previously occupied by a retail store. The closing date given in the article appears to be 1968, but I wouldn’t swear to that. The information in the intro that the Alamo opened as the Newnan Theatre in 1937 is erroneous.
Boxoffice Magazine’s issue of October 2, 1937, says that the Lam Amusement Company had taken over the Alamo from its former operator, J.B. Meyers. The October 21, 1939, issue of Boxoffice said that the Alamo had reopened after a remodeling. The August 22, 1953, issue said that a wide screen had been installed in the Alamo.
I’ve been unable to find any specific references to the 1939 remodeling having been designed by Tucker & Howell, but as that firm had drawn the plans for remodeling Lam’s Gem Theatre in Newnan in 1935, as well as doing many other projects for the Lam Amusement Company over many years, it seems likely that they would have done the plans for the remodeling of the Alamo as well.
What crying Shame.Small towns and even larger cities just do not have the funds anymore to save these theatres.
Thanks for all the pictures.
“A few doors down from the Gem, the space that now houses The Alamo Theater at 19 West Court Square was built in 1880 as a commercial building, home to a harness shop, general store, and a butcher through the decades. A blacksmith, and later a barbeque stand once occupied the alley space behind. The building was converted into a movie theater with one screen and 551 seats in 1928.” -http://www.mainstreetnewnan.com/p/getinvolved/147
can be seen in the 2018 blockbuster film the house with a clock in it’s walls