Venues
Dublin Core
Title
Venues
Subject
Columbia, South Carolina
Motion picture theaters
Description
Film exhibitions venues in Columbia, South Carolina.
Date
1904-1920
Collection Items
Columbia Theater and Opera House
Located on the second floor of City Hall at the corner of Main St. and Gevais. For a full size photo see http://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16817coll17/id/1195/rec/1.
Lyric Theater
Located at 1417 Main St., the Lyric reopened on March 21, 1910 with "Sig. Reinfeild's Lady minstrels" according to the State newspaper. It had been renamed as the Pastime by 1917 and the Imperial by 1920.
Grand Theater
Located at 1621 Main St., the Grand opened on Aug. 1, 1910.
Majestic Theater
Located at 1316 Assembly, the Majestic is identified as a "colored" theater in the City Directory. Unlike the Lyric and the Grand, its programs were not described or advertised in the State newspaper
Dixie Theater
Located in New Brookland.
Ideal Theater
Located at 1323 Main St.
Imperial Theater
Formerly the Lyric Motion Picture Theater, then the Pastime Theater, located at 1415-1417 Main St. Owned by the Palmetto Theatre Company.
Lincoln Theater
Located at 1017 Washington and identified as a "colored" theater in the city directories.
Royal Theater
Located at 1010-12 Washington.
Broadway Theater
Located at 1426 Main.