Record #:

22977

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Built by Samuel Tilden White (1873-1966), the local theater and movie house on Fifth Street had a profound impact on the social life in Greenville. White brought the best of Broadway and nationally known acts to Greenville. Over the years it had several owners, becoming the State Theatre in 1930 under T. Yoe Walker and the Park Theatre about 1972. The Park Theatre eventually became the property of Carmike Cinemas, who ran it as a $1.50 movie house until they closed it in 1999

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Aug 11-24 1999, p5

Subject(s):

Movie houses--Greenville