Ritz Theatre

26 S. Main Street,
Chatham, VA 24531

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Functions: Retail

Previous Names: Chatham Theatre

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The Ritz Theatre was opened in 1930 and was equipped with a Movi-Phone sound system and had 400 seats. From 1937 the Ritz Theatre was listed with 300 seats (same in 1941).

By 1943 it had been renamed Chatham Theatre, and is not to be confused with the Quonset Hut style Chatham Theatre which was built in 1945 as a replacement.

Contributed by Ken Roe

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 26, 2016 at 8:37 pm

This web page has a tour of historic buildings on Chatham’s Main Street, and notes that two of them— 15 S. Main and 26 S. Main— have served as movie theaters. The text for the building at 26 S. Main says:

“After this building’s completion in 1928, it served as a movie theatre, until the establishment moved to the large quonset steel building on Pruden Street. Then it was occupied by the A&P Grocery for many years. It is now owned by Henry Hurt and is the home of his Shadetree Rare Books.”
If the original Ritz/Chatham Theatre was replaced by a Chatham Theatre in a quonset style building, then it was most likely the house at 26 S. Main.

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