State Theatre

Joe Vogel on September 2, 2015 at 1:20 pm

This item from the October 30, 1940, issue of The Elkin Tribune must be about the State Theatre:

“MITCHELL IS TO BUILD THEATRE

“Work Begun on Large, Modern Structure on Church Street

“IS TO SEAT ABOUT 900

“Construction work here was given another boost Monday with the announcement by Louis Mitchell, proprietor of the Lyric theatre, that construction has already begun upon a new and modern theatre upon the lot on Church street located just to the rear of Turner Drug Co. Mr. Mitchell Stated that the new theatre would seat, when completed, approximately 900 persons, and that it would be thoroughly modern and up-to-date in every way. He stated that the building is being erected by O. L. Brown, local contractor. Size of the building will be approximately 50x90 feet, it was said.”

The same article also noted that Dr. W. B. Reeves, operator of the Elk Theatre, expected to soon begin construction of a new theater on West Main Street. This was the house that opened in 1941 as the Reeves Theatre. By the late 1940s, Reeves would also have taken over operation of Mitchell’s Lyric and State Theatres.