Bijou Theatre

The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in , United States. Built in 1909 as an addition to the Lamar House Hotel, the theater has at various times served as performance venue for traditional theatre, vaudeville, a second-run moviehouse, a commencement stage for the city's African-American high school, and a pornographic movie theater.
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  • Email: info@knoxbijou.org
  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater and former movie theater in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Bijou Art Theatre”
  • Address: 803 South Gay Street, 37902

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lawson McGhee Library and Knox County Courthouse.

Library
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The is the main of Knox County Public Library in . It is located at 500 West Church Avenue in downtown Knoxville. It is currently the oldest, continuously operating public library in Tennessee. is situated 730 feet west of Bijou Theatre.

Courthouse
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The is a historic building located at 300 Main Street in , United States. Built in 1886, it served as courthouse until the completion of the in 1980, and continues to house offices for several county departments. is situated 470 feet south of Bijou Theatre.

Theater building
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The is a movie palace in the of , United States. The theater opened in 1928 in the 1908 Burwell Building, considered Knoxville's first skyscraper. is situated 710 feet north of Bijou Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Knoxville and Knoxville.

Neighborhood
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is the downtown area of , , United States. It contains the city's central business district and primary city and county municipal offices.

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, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in . It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus and site of the 1982 World's Fair.

Quarter
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The is a neighborhood in , United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s through the present.

Bijou Theatre

Latitude
35.96235° or 35° 57′ 44″ north
Longitude
-83.91702° or 83° 55′ 1″ west
Open location code
867RX36M+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 375404615
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q4907255
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Bijou Theatre” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Saint John’s Episcopal Cathedral and Riverview Tower.

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