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Temple Theatre
​Sanford, North Carolina


Storytellers captivated the ancient Greeks through stage plays. The Globe, with its special effects and interesting tales, launched new words into language and entranced a queen. With the invention of moving pictures, stories had the power to influence society through futuristic concepts like Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis,” capture landscapes of history like “City Lights,” and to create cultural movements like a certain cartoon mouse. The ability of Hollywood to embrace and elevate life drew audiences in throngs to crowded theater lobbies in times of despair and ease. The scenes may have changed over the years, but the physical act of going to a theater remains much the same. It endures as a tradition, one that still holds the same magic and excitement that our predecessors undoubtedly felt as well.
 
Dating back to March 2nd, 1925, the Temple Theatre witnessed its share of cinema history. From traveling shows to Buster Keaton films, it became a fixture in the once small town of Sanford. As decades passed, and the American cultural landscape changed, the Temple underwent several transformations. It traded traveling troupes for exclusively showing films. This model continued until the 1960s, when the Temple Theater shut its doors.
 
It wasn’t until the 1980s that the Temple Theater saw its revival thanks to J.R. Ingram, Jr. As the son of the original architect – J.R. Ingram, Sr. – the younger Ingram hoisted the theater out of the throes of dust and time. He donated it to the Lee County Recreation Foundation in 1981, and its restoration commenced. Today, the Temple Theater regularly hosts local productions and still bears the same architectural grandeur it had in 1925.

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  • Saturday, July 7th, 2017

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  • 2023

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  • Homebase
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    • Our Members
    • Join Our Team
  • Partnerships
    • Theatre in the Park
    • Mordecai Historic Park
    • Murfreesboro Historical Association
    • Past Partnerships >
      • Historic Salisbury Foundation
  • Reviews
  • Schedules
    • Public Investigations
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • Locations
    • Commercial (4) >
      • Murfree-Smith Law Office
      • Salisbury Ice House
      • Wallace Annex
      • William Rea Store
    • Confinement (6) >
      • Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
      • Eastern State Penitentiary
      • Ohio State Reformatory
      • Old Chester County Jail
      • Old Wikes County Jail
      • West Virginia Penitentiary
    • Schools & Dormatories (3) >
      • Borden Building
      • École des Abrissaux
      • Hertford Academy
    • Entertainment (6) >
      • Bobby Mackey's
      • Carolina Theater
      • Lincoln Cultural Center
      • Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
      • Temple Theatre
      • Theatre in the Park
    • Estates (8) >
      • Andrew-Murphy
      • Bellaire House
      • Clarke House
      • G. S. Tucker
      • John Wheeler House
      • N. B. McCanless
      • Norwood House
      • Roberts-Vaughan House
      • Vincent Allen
      • Dr. Walter Reed House
    • Hospitality & Tourism (5) >
      • Country Squire
      • Empire Hotel
      • Grand Old Lady
      • Salisbury Depot
      • Seaboard Station
    • Landmarks (2) >
      • Castle Mont Rouge
      • Lake Shawnee
    • Medical & Emergency (7) >
      • Cresson Sanatorium
      • Old Fire Station No 5
      • Old South Pittsburg
      • St. Albans
      • Sweet Springs
      • Trans-Allegheny
      • Trivette Clinic
      • Waverly Hills
    • Military (2) >
      • Fort Mifflin
      • USS North Carolina
    • Museums (11) >
      • Bellamy Mansion
      • Brunswick Museum
      • Burgwin-Wright
      • Ferry Plantation
      • Hall House
      • Jefcoat Museum
      • Joel Lane House
      • NC Museum of History
      • Mordecai Park
      • Poplar Grove
      • Robert Cleveland
  • History Speaks
  • Presentations
  • FAQs
  • Contact Us