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 Melba Theater - Batesville, Ar. Posted by:  iconions
N 35° 46.192 W 091° 39.273
15S E 621617 N 3959258
This two-story sandstone and brick building is located at 115 W Main Street in Batesville, Ar.
Waymark Code: WMNVHB
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2015
Views: 4
1 Screen 779 Seats
The Melba Theatre opened in 1940, a Streamline Moderne style movie house on Batesville’s Main Street. The theatre features a large vertical sign flush to the facade and a triangular marquee, both spelling out the theater’s name in neon-lit letters.
Though the Melba Theatre closed in the early-1990s, it was renovated and reopened in 2000 and today functions both as a concert venue and movies on weekends. It has also been a host theater for the Ozark Foothills Film Festival.
- CinemaTreasures.org
This building is in good condition and is currently unoccupied.
Date of Construction: 1940
2-story tan sandstone and brick with stuccoed and tiled facade; glazed orange tiles and green composition panels below; neon trimmed marquee and sign; stylized pilaster capital on east corner.
- National Register Application
Text on marquee:
The Olde Time
Melba
Theatre
Built 1875,
Conv. to Theatre 1940
Text of Historic Marker:
MELBA THEATER
Originally constructed in 1875 as an opera house,
eight years later in 1883 it was converted to a
mercantile store. In 1939, then known as the
Brewer Store, it was purchased by Commonwealth
Theaters, remodeled in the Art Deco style and, in
1940, reopened its doors to become the state's
first cinemascope theatre. In 2000 it was purchased
by Terry and Ramona Chandler and remodeled. It
continues to entertain local residents.
Year Theater Opened: 1940
Number of Screen(s): 1
Concessions Available: no
Web site: [Web Link]
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
Must take a photo of the theater.
Please try to include yourself or gps in the picture.
Tell of your experience at the theater, if it is still a theater. If it is no longer a theater tell of an experience from the past at the theater, if this can be done.
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