2908 W. Cary St., Richmond (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Richmond.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 24, 1979. NRIS 79003289.
1 contributing building.
The Byrd Theatre is a cinema in the Carytown neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was named after William Byrd II, the founder of the city. The theater opened on December 24, 1928 to much excitement and is affectionately referred to as "Richmond’s Movie Palace". Though equipped with a Wurlitzer pipe organ, the theatre was also one of the first of its kind to be originally outfitted for sound motion pictures.
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