Tennessee Theatre
The Tennessee Theatre is a movie palace in the downtown core of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The theater opened in 1928 in the 1908 Burwell Building, considered Knoxville's first skyscraper.Photo: Nfutvol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: theater and movie theater in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Address: 604 South Gay Street, 37902
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bijou Theatre and First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Bijou Theatre
Theater building
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The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in Knoxville, Tennessee, 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. Bijou Theatre is situated 710 feet south of Tennessee Theatre.
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Cemetery
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The First Presbyterian Church Graveyard is the oldest graveyard in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Established in the 1790s, the graveyard contains the graves of some of Knoxville's most prominent early residents, including territorial governor and Constitutional Convention delegate William Blount and Knoxville founder James White. First Presbyterian Church Cemetery is situated 340 feet east of Tennessee Theatre.
Lawson McGhee Library
Library
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The Lawson McGhee Library is the main library of Knox County Public Library in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is located at 500 West Church Avenue in downtown Knoxville. It is currently the oldest, continuously operating public library in Tennessee. Lawson McGhee Library is situated 940 feet southwest of Tennessee Theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Knoxville and Knoxville.
Downtown Knoxville
Neighborhood
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Downtown Knoxville is the downtown area of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It contains the city's central business district and primary city and county municipal offices.
Knoxville
Knoxville, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in Tennessee. It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus and site of the 1982 World's Fair.
Old City
Quarter
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The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, 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 Old City has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s through the present.
Tennessee Theatre
- Categories: movie theater, music venue, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Knox, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.96426° or 35° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
-83.91743° or 83° 55′ 3″ westOpen location code
867RX37M+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 430980307OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7700215
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Tennessee Theatre” goes by many names.
- French: “Tennessee Theatre”
- German: “Tennessee Theatre”
- Spanish: “Tennessee Theatre”
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