page_title: Carolina Theatre (Durham)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Carolina Theatre (Durham) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Fletcher Hall is the main auditorium (seats 1,016) in the Carolina Theatre complex — Durham, North Carolina. Late Beaux-Arts style interiors.
context_page_description: The Carolina Theatre is a performing arts and cinema complex in downtown Durham, North Carolina. The facility is operated by a nonprofit organization named The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. under a management agreement with the City of Durham, which owns the complex.
context_section_description: In 1923, the city of Durham chose to construct an auditorium on a lot adjacent to Morris Street School.  Bids for construction were accepted on May 1, 1925 and the $250,000 budget was set. The building was completed in 1926 and opened on February 2 of that year with the Kiwanis Jollies.  The theater's popularity rose during the World War II years and soldiers from Camp Butner were moved to the theater to watch movies. In 1977, the North Carolina Department of Archives and History completed a historic survey of Downtown Durham and recognized The Carolina Theatre as a "significant building in the city" and the center portion of downtown was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  The Carolina Theatre remains the last of thirteen original theaters in the city.  The most recent renovation of the theater was in 2011, which included plaster repairs, new carpeting, painting, and sound upgrades in Fletcher Hall and the Cinemas.
caption: The main stage, Fletcher Hall
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