Turnage Theatre
- User:S0091 I suspect this writeup at Cinema Treasures will answer your conundrums. I also think it supports 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 received. Vaudeville to now. That's a pretty impressive run. FloridaArmy (talk)
- This list in a book has it as the Strand-Turnage. FloridaArmy (talk) 20:45, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
- Notable per substantial coverage in reliable independent sources such as the extensive WRAL entry. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Palace Theater, Arts of the Pamlico and Turnage Theater should redirect here
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 of 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]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Camp, Louis Van (June 11, 2000). Washington, North Carolina. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738505565 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Historic Turnage Theatre gets much-needed roof repair". WRAL.com. February 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Turnage Theater | Your Audio Tour". youraudiotour.com.
- ↑ Rumley, Vail Stewart (July 7, 2016). "Taking a tour through historic downtown Washington". Washington Daily News.
- ↑ "Big Theatre in Little Washington". WRAL.com. February 27, 2023.
- ↑ Writer, Deborah Griffin, Staff (13 August 2019). "Turnage Theater in Washington is a mine of gems". Reflector.
- ↑ "Life on the Pamlico: Preserving North Carolina's Coastal Heritage Through Oral Histories". The College. June 10, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Commissioners, North Carolina Board of State Tax (June 10, 1917). "Report of the North Carolina Corporation Commission as a Board of State Tax Commissioners". Edwards & Broughton printing Company, state printers. – via Google Books.
- ↑ Revenue, North Carolina Dept of (June 10, 1922). "Report" – via Google Books.
- ↑ History, North Carolina State Department of Archives and (June 10, 1994). "Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History". The Department – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Waterfront Walks & Historic Talks in Washington". Our State. March 9, 2023.
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