Historic theater building in Washington, North Carolina
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Submission declined on 10 June 2023 by S0091 (talk).
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Comment: I checked Newspapers.com but only finding a small amount local of coverage. One article from the Raleigh News & Record dated 1929 states the theatre/building is being built ("concrete being laid") which does not align with some of the other sources but aligns at least with newspaper coverage as it is the first news article. Odd. Note the The "Big Theatre in Little Washington" is a sponsored article so not useful for notability and everything else so far suggests this is only locally significant. Can you find anything else? S0091 (talk) 19:46, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
User:S0091 I suspect this writeup at Cinema Treasures will answer your conundrums. I also think it buffets the case for independent notability. Long history. Major renovation project. Ups and downs. Often we are left victim to what sources are available online but I think its notability is pretty well established really by the history, interest, coverage, and reuse it has refeived. Vaudeville to now. That's a pretty impressive run. FloridaArmy (talk)
The Turnage Theatre is a historic circa 1916 theater building in Washington, North Carolina. It originally had a shoe store on its ground floor and a vaudeville theater upstairs. Later a movie theater was added.[1] It is located at 150 West Main Street in the Washington Historic District.[2] First a vaudeville theater was built on the second floor and in 1928 a theater for "talkies" was constructed behind it.[3]
Raleigh based WRAL-TV states: "The importance of the Historic Turnage Theatre and its preservation is paramount to both the local community and North Carolina at large. A North Carolina designated historic site and a contributing structure to the Historic District of Washington, the Historic Turnage Theatre is a 32,000-square-foot building that houses two theaters."[2] Beth Strange is its Executive Director.[2]
Established as a vaudeville theater, it was one the first movie theatres in the eastern part of the state. Restored in the 1990s, it is now home to Arts of the Pamlico.[4]
The theater was named for its owner, C. A. Turnage.[2] Various events are held at the theater.[5]East Carolina University utilizes the theater for music and art events.[6] An oral history included recollection of George Diamond's soda shop beneath the theater.[7]
Turnage Incorporated it as New Theatre Inc.[8] It appears in 1922 state department of revenue report.[9]
It was succeeded by the Cinema III at Washington Square Mall in 1976.[1] In 1994, "adaptive rehabilitation" of the theater building was planned.[10] It features on a Ghost Walk history tour.[11]