{"nrhp_refnum":"84000893","name":"Grand Theater","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 Wall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cartersville","county":"Bartow County","state":"GA","lat":34.166429476000076,"lon":-84.79539903999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Beaux Arts style movie theater at 2 Wall Street in downtown Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, built in 1924 and remodeled in 1929. Its builder and architect are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the theater is significant in architecture, commerce and theater. It is a small-town example of the ornate movie theaters built across the country in the 1920s, a major commercial enterprise in downtown Cartersville, and a facility built specifically to show motion pictures. It hosted the first talking picture shown in Cartersville on May 9, 1929.","narrative":"Downtown Cartersville's Grand Theatre, at 2 Wall Street, is a 600-seat movie house built in 1924 and remodeled in 1929. Its load-bearing brick walls include portions of an earlier theater on the site that burned. The front facade is faced in off-white terra-cotta and carries Beaux Arts detail: paired pilasters with Corinthian capitals, segmental window hoods, balustrades, urns, swags and consoles. Flanking the recessed entrance are two small stores. Inside, a marble-faced ticket booth, vaulted lobby and restroom ceilings, and plaster medallions survive, though the auditorium has been remodeled several times. The theater was listed for its architecture, its commercial role and its place in theater history. It reflects the 1920s boom in ornate small-town movie theaters, stood across from the depot in the business district, and was run by Manning and Wink, a company operating theaters in north Georgia and Tennessee. The first talking picture shown in Cartersville played here on May 9, 1929.","period_of_significance":"1924, remodeled 1929","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in entertainment use, with work in progress; condition rated good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.486172-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/84000893.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000893/2af5d68c0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000893/2af5d68c0d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Amesmultimedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartersville_Grand_Theater.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Amesmultimedia</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:Cartersville_Grand_Theater.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000904","name":"Cartersville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/cartersville-downtown-historic-district-14000904/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206948","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42431616"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bartow-county/grand-theater-84000893/"}