10 piece orchestra. show times- matinee 3:30, night 7:30, 9. musical comedy and vaudeville.
Notes
clarified address, added note about being back in operation in 1925 to Building field, changed "1923" to "1932" in "close date" field as no indication of a source for 1923 is given and the theater appears to be open in 1925 and is listed until 1932 in Film Daily Yearbook (note: do not have full listing for 1931 Film Daily Yearbook), ELH 8/3/07
opening date of theater- May 27, 1927: Asheville Citizen, p. 7.; no mention of racial policy
Building Notes
being built Jan. 1913, stage and "gallery" (balcony) (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map); building located on the corner of College and Market (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, January 1913, p. 4); not in operation Nov. 1917 (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, November 1917, p. 5); appears to be back in operation in 1925 (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1925, p. 4); listed as "Silent House" (Film Daily Yearbook, 1930, p. 779); appears to be closed by 1932, no longer listed (Film Daily Yearbook, 1932, p. 780)
