THE PALACE THEATER HAS RETURNED TO 111 MAIN STREET, McCOMB, MISSISSIPPI
“OLD PLACES HAVE SOUL...”
THE STRAND THEATer WAS OPENED ON MARCH 21, 1921. IT REOPENED FOLLOWING THE PALACE THEATer ON OCTOBER 24, 1939 WITH BARBARA STANWYCK IN “GOLDEN BOY”. IT CLOSED IN 1979. AFTER SITTING VACANT FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, THE HISTORIC PALACE THEATER, RESTORED IN ALL ITS GLORY, WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTED IT FOR HALF A CENTURY. READ OUR STORY
“IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT, AT ITS BEST, PRESERVATION ENGAGES THE PAST IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESENT OVER A MUTUAL CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE.”
- WILLIAM MURTAGH, THE FIRST “KEEPER” OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
