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Through his company Augusta Amusements, he and his partners operated five downtown theaters and the brightest star in that constellation was the Miller. In 1938, Jacksonville-based architect Roy Benjamin was commissioned to design a theater large enough to accommodate the city's growing audiences.
Augusta's Imperial Theatre began in 1917 as a vaudeville showcase named The Wells Theatre. It was founded by impresario Jake Wells and was designed by architect G. Lloyd Preacher in the Victorian Renaissance style for a total cost of $47,792.00. Below are price listings for opening night. Prices for opening night, February 18, 1918:
In 2000, the racial and ethnic composition of the Augusta metropolitan area was 60.81% White American, 35.09% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.42% Asian American, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the seven-county Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area (the core of the CSRA) had a 2020 population of more than 611,000, [4] making it the second most populous (after metro Atlanta) in the state of Georgia.
The Tara Theatre was opened in June 1968 by Loew's Theatres.It embodied the modernist architecture popular at the time. Originally called Loew's Tara, the theater's name memorialized the fictional Tara plantation, home of the O'Hara family in Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind.
Belvedere is a census-designated place (CDP) and suburb of North Augusta in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The population was 5,792 at the 2010 census. [5] Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") was so named for its scenic river views over the Savannah River. [6]
US 1 north / US 25 north / US 78 east / US 278 east / SC 121 north (Jefferson Davis Highway north) / SR 10 ends – North Augusta Eastern terminus of SR 10/Gordon Highway; southern terminus of Jefferson Davis Highway; eastern end of US 78/US 278/SR 10, US 1, and US 25/SR 121 concurrencies; crossing of the Savannah River ; SR 121 continues as SC ...