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Lyons State Theater

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1937. 221 South Main St.

Art Deco with fluted stone bands and panels that contrast with recessed brick panels, this is the only modernist intrusion into downtown.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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What's Nearby

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Citation

Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Lyons State Theater", [Franklin, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-ST12.1.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 468-468.

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