{"nrhp_refnum":"01000646","name":"Royal Theater","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hogansville","county":"Troup County","state":"GA","lat":33.173162287000025,"lon":-84.91217543299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1937 Art Deco movie theater at 301 East Main Street in Hogansville, Troup County, Georgia, designed by the Atlanta firm Tucker and Howell and built for the Lam Amusement Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding Art Deco example, unusually bold for a small-town Georgia theater. It was also the town's only movie house and a local entertainment draw until 1980. It retains spaces used by African Americans during segregation, including the balcony, restrooms and a side entrance stenciled \"COL.\"","narrative":"Built in 1937 on East Main Street in Hogansville, Georgia, this Art Deco movie theater was designed by the Atlanta firm Tucker and Howell for O. C. Lam's Lam Amusement Company. Its white stucco facade rises in three towers, the tallest capped with a stepped pyramidal roof and decorated with incised geometric patterns. Inside, an 800-seat auditorium once served the town, and it drew moviegoers from surrounding communities until it closed in 1980. It was the only theater in Hogansville. The building later became City Hall, and the rear was divided into offices, though the stage, front seating, balcony and projection booth remain. It was listed for its architecture and its local entertainment role. It also preserves physical evidence of segregation: the balcony and restrooms reserved for Black patrons, and a bricked-in side entrance still bearing the stenciled letters \"COL,\" part of the word colored.","period_of_significance":"1937-1950","architect_builder":"Tucker and Howell","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed as a theater in 1980, unoccupied until 1984, then donated to the city and converted to City Hall; the front of the auditorium, balcony and projection booth survive intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.70017-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01000646.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000646/44b019e559-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000646/44b019e559-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rivers Langley; SaveRivers","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hogansville,_GA_City_Hall_(Royal_Theater).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivers Langley; SaveRivers</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hogansville,_GA_City_Hall_(Royal_Theater).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000788","name":"East Main Street-Johnson Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/east-main-street-johnson-street-historic-district-00000788/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209755","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42431581"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/troup-county/royal-theater-01000646/"}