Old Gem Theatre

Old Gem Theatre

Gem Theatre

Many local residents thinking back to their childhood will remember the old Gem Theatre on the west side of the Court Square in downtown Newnan. This photo shows the old theatre and the adjacent buildings. Located to the south were Walter R. Thomas Jewelers and Newnan Hardware Company. The building where the jewelry store was housed previously was the location of the McCalla Drugstore. James McCalla, Sr., remembers working at the drugstore and going to the movie theatre on Saturdays, spending a dime to stay all day. Upstairs from the drugstore was the Newnan Building and Loan Association, now know as Newnan Federal Savings and Loans, before it moved to an old family home on Jefferson Street.

Newnan Times-Herald

Bob Shapiro Photography

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CCR 1985.10.15
CCR 2008.03.16

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