
5 Points Theater - Riverside, Jacksonville, Florida
Posted by:
macleod1
N 30° 18.878 W 081° 40.844
17R E 434552 N 3353846
Quick Description: This originally opened in 1927 as the Riverside Theater. It was the first theater equipped to show talking pictures in Florida and the third nationally.
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 3/19/2008 6:59:14 PM
Waymark Code: WM3DHH
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Long Description:The theater did not make it and closed during the 1930's and
re-opened as a neighborhood movie house only to close again in the
1940's. The theater was remodeled and re-opened in 1949 but this
time with a new name, Five Points Theater. It was one of the first
in Jacksonville to provide a smoking lounge with push back seats.
The theater later provided Cinerama and stereophonic.
Over the years this has been a the original theater, the River
City Playhouse, Club5 a, nightclub and is now destined to become a
restaurant and lofts, office and retail space.
This theater is now closed and for sale.