Temple Theater
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Loew's Temple Theater was a vaudeville and motion picture theater located inside the Downtown Masonic Temple on the Southeast corner of 19th Street and 6th Avenue North with its entrance at 517 19th Street North.
The theater, operated by the Loew's chain, opened on April 27, 1925 and featured vaudeville as well as large meetings, "legitimate" theater, and concerts. Motion pictures were screened there beginning in 1928.
The building was demolished in 1970 by the First National Bank of Birmingham and used for parking until the construction of the AmSouth-Harbert Plaza. The lobby chandelier was reinstalled at the Leslie S. Wright Performing Arts Center at Samford University.
References
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1977) Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society.