The story
This theater was the flagship of one of America's first Black-owned theater chains, where Bessie Smith and Count Basie performed regularly.
Everything that was here
- 1904–1957
Bijou TheatreTheater
This theater was the flagship of one of America's first Black-owned theater chains, where Bessie Smith and Count Basie performed regularly.
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Same address, different era
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Nearby history
Maxwell House Hotel
413 4th Avenue North · 33 m away
The Hermitage Hotel
231 6th Avenue North · 181 m away
Boots Randolph's
209 3rd Avenue North · 204 m away
War Memorial Auditorium
301 6th Avenue North · 230 m away
The Jolly Roger
222 Printers Alley · 292 m away
Printer's Alley
Printer's Alley · 292 m away
By 1915 the alley held two newspapers, ten print shops and thirteen publishers; in the 1940s it turned into Nashville's
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