Ritz Theatre

Joe Vogel on October 27, 2016 at 4:37 am

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.