126 Market, Wilmington, North Carolina
| Dates of Operation | 4/1/1907* - 6/1907 | ||||||||||
| Performance Types | illustrated songs , movies | ||||||||||
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| Racial Policy | white (4/1/1907*) | ||||||||||
| Description | The Odeon was Wilmington's second movie theater, and the first for whites only. Situated in a downtown commercial space, it closed within three months after one of its proprietors committed suicide. | ||||||||||
| Notes | It is the first theater in Wilmington to have an explicitly advertised racial policy. An article announcing the opening of the Odeon in the Wilmington Star on March 31, 1907 notes: "One of the greatest points of superiority of 'The Odeon' over other moving picture theaters is that it is exclusively for white people. No negroes will be admitted except nurses with children." | ||||||||||
| Building Notes | It was located at 126 Market Street, between Front and 2nd Street in downtown Wilmington, in a small space (20'x50') occupied until only a few weeks before by the Rehder Candy Company. | ||||||||||
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