Samuel L. Banov’s Lincoln Theatre
601 King Street
In 1919, Sam Banov bought a two-story brick building that had been designed in 1906 as a retail shop. He remodeled it as a movie theatre/vaudeville house and opened it as a segregated facility exclusively for African Americans. The Lincoln Theatre was the only cinema in Charleston without separate seating for black patrons. The building no longer exists.
For more information see the history of the Lincoln Theatre at College of Charleston and Preservation Society of Charleston.
Samuel L. Banov’s Lincoln Theatre
Samuel L. Banov’s Lincoln Theatre
Samuel L. Banov’s Lincoln Theatre
Samuel L. Banov’s Lincoln Theatre
Samuel L. Banov’s Lincoln Theatre