129-131 Market, Wilmington, North Carolina
| Dates of Operation | 10/1925* - 1953* | ||||||||||
| Performance Types | movies , vaudeville | ||||||||||
| Capacity | 600 (1930*) | ||||||||||
| Racial Policy | presumed white | ||||||||||
| Description | The Carolina Theatre was the new name given to the Victoria Theatre when George W. Bailey leased the Victoria from James Howard and Percy Wells in October 1925. After renovations, the old Victoria Theater opened as the Carolina. Home to Wilmington's first talking picture in 1929, the Carolina was the city's most elegant Depression-era theater. | ||||||||||
| Notes | The absence of any mention of a racial policy in newspaper articles accompanying the Carolina's opening along with plans to have the stairs to the balcony open to the main floor of the theater together suggest that the Carolina did not admit African Americans. | ||||||||||
| Building Notes | The Carolina was located on Market Street at the corner of Second Street. The renovation that accompanied the change in name from Victoria to Carolina brought new projection equipment, the installation of a new marble box office, and the construction of new stairs to the balcony. | ||||||||||
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