Buchanan Theatre | |
![]() Buchanan Theatre | |
Location | 19778 Main Street, Buchanan, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°31′41″N 79°40′46″W / 37.52806°N 79.67944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1917 |
Architect | Shank family |
Architectural style | Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 100003611 [1] |
VLR No. | 180-0028-0117 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 15, 2019 |
Designated VLR | December 13, 2018 [2] |
The Buchanan Theatre is a historic theater in Buchanan, Virginia. It was built in 1917 and underwent a 1949 renovation in the Moderne style. The brick building is two-storied, with apartments occupying the second floor. The theater closed in 1985 and sat empty until being purchased in 1999 and renovated over the next 18 months. It reopened as a movie house and community theater in 2002.
The theater was built in 1917 and opened as the Star Theatre; its name changed to the Buchanan Theatre in 1931. [3] The business was purchased in 1946 by Jack and Homer Jackson, and three years later the brothers remodeled the theater in the Moderne style with elements of Art Deco. [4] The theater's triangular neon marquee dates to this remodel, as do a pair of cast concrete plaques on the façade. [4] The interior includes a knotty-pine paneled lobby and a concession stand in the Streamline style. The auditorium seats roughly 200 in Moderne-style chairs. [4] [5]
The Buchanan closed in the aftermath of the 1985 Election Day floods. [4] It remained empty until 1999 when it was purchased by Dale and Gloria Carter, who spent the next 18 months renovating the building. [4] The theater reopened on November 1, 2002, with a showing of The Majestic starring Jim Carrey. [3] [6] [note 1] A DVD projection system was used until its replacement with a digital projector in 2012. [7]
The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [4] It is also a contributing structure to the Buchanan Historic District. [8]
Buchanan Theatre | |
![]() Buchanan Theatre | |
Location | 19778 Main Street, Buchanan, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°31′41″N 79°40′46″W / 37.52806°N 79.67944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1917 |
Architect | Shank family |
Architectural style | Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 100003611 [1] |
VLR No. | 180-0028-0117 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 15, 2019 |
Designated VLR | December 13, 2018 [2] |
The Buchanan Theatre is a historic theater in Buchanan, Virginia. It was built in 1917 and underwent a 1949 renovation in the Moderne style. The brick building is two-storied, with apartments occupying the second floor. The theater closed in 1985 and sat empty until being purchased in 1999 and renovated over the next 18 months. It reopened as a movie house and community theater in 2002.
The theater was built in 1917 and opened as the Star Theatre; its name changed to the Buchanan Theatre in 1931. [3] The business was purchased in 1946 by Jack and Homer Jackson, and three years later the brothers remodeled the theater in the Moderne style with elements of Art Deco. [4] The theater's triangular neon marquee dates to this remodel, as do a pair of cast concrete plaques on the façade. [4] The interior includes a knotty-pine paneled lobby and a concession stand in the Streamline style. The auditorium seats roughly 200 in Moderne-style chairs. [4] [5]
The Buchanan closed in the aftermath of the 1985 Election Day floods. [4] It remained empty until 1999 when it was purchased by Dale and Gloria Carter, who spent the next 18 months renovating the building. [4] The theater reopened on November 1, 2002, with a showing of The Majestic starring Jim Carrey. [3] [6] [note 1] A DVD projection system was used until its replacement with a digital projector in 2012. [7]
The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [4] It is also a contributing structure to the Buchanan Historic District. [8]