Dixie Crystal Theatre
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The Dixie Crystal Theatre (also known as the Clewiston Theater) is a historic site in Clewiston, Hendry County, Florida. It is located at 100 East Sugarland Highway. It first opened in 1941.[1][2] In 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[3]
It is a flat-roofed one-story masonry movie theater, built in a simplified Moderne style – one of the few buildings in the area to feature this type of architecture.[2] In 1940, the building was commissioned by Mary Hayes Davis, a newspaper publisher and businesswoman who operated a chain of movie theaters in south Florida and the Lake Okeechobee region.[2] It was her second theater in Clewiston with that name.[2] Davis had opened the first Dixie Crystal Theatre at the corner of Sugarland Highway and Central Avenue in 1934.[2] The theaters got their name from the local sugar industry product.[4]
The architect of the new Dixie Crystal Theatre was Chester A. Cone of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, who also designed the Prince Theatre in Pahokee.[2][5] The builder and contractor was Earl Anderson.[6] It is Script error: No such module "convert". in plan.[2]
The Clewiston Theater was integrated peacefully on July 20, 1964, when five African American youths attended an evening show there for the first time.[7] A Hendry County sheriff's deputy and a Clewiston policeman were present for the duration of the film.[7]
The theater closed briefly in 2011, but soon reopened, featuring live bands, first-run movies, and independent films.[8] By early 2015, the Clewiston Theater had closed.[8] As of 2023, the theatre has been converted into a dentist office.
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- Buildings and structures in Hendry County, Florida
- National Register of Historic Places in Hendry County, Florida
- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
- Theatres completed in 1941
- 1941 establishments in Florida
- Cinemas and movie theaters in Florida
- Former cinemas in the United States