Russell Theatre

9 E. Third St., Maysville, Kentucky. County/parish: Mason.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 31, 2006. NRIS 06000216.

Also known as:

  • MSM-97

From Wikipedia:

Russell Theatre

The Russell Theatre is a building in Maysville, Kentucky that was originally intended as a movie theater but has since been adapted for other uses. Construction of the Russell Theatre was announced by Maysville businessman Col. J. Russell Barbour in 1928. The structure costing $125,000 opened on December 4, 1930, with a showing of the movie Whoopee! starring Eddie Cantor. The building site was previously occupied by wholesale grocery warehouses.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123851301

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