New Lyric Theatre
36-38 N. Augusta Street,
Staunton,
VA
24401
36-38 N. Augusta Street,
Staunton,
VA
24401
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This theatre appears on the 1909 Sanborn in the southern storefront of an old brick commercial building dating to sometime before 1886. The 1904 map shows this space selling stoves. It was opened on October 19, 1908.
Competition among early theatres was fierce, as there were another two theatres across the street. It was closed by October 3, 1911
Sometime prior to 1982, this building and its neighbor to the north were demolished for a parking lot.
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Seth Gaines
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According to information from dallasmovietheaters, this can’t have been the Wonderland. It was either the Bijou, or the New Lyric.
The New Lyric opened here on November 19, 1908. It had 230 seats at that time with both an Edison projector and a Lubin player. Operator G.W. Mooney left the industry and the - then - Lyric Theatre was auctioned off on October 3, 1911. Auction ad in photos.
Thanks! We’ll have to update this listing. Once Ken gets my other submissions done, we’ll have the Wonderland as well. If you have an address for the Bijou, that will need a listing created.
I’m not sure why part of my submission got changed, but there were two theaters across the street, the Princess and the Wonderland. The bit about the seats is confusing, and wasn’t in my original submission. I know the Wonderland was listed as 250, as was the Bijou (wherever that was), but I didn’t have any information about the Princess until dmt supplied what he knew. Either way, it’s not relevant to this theater.