Historic Manos Theater sign
BY BRITTANY MURRAY FOR METRO NEWS
A group of volunteers in Taylor County are working to bring back one of the area’s most historic theaters.
The Manos Theater, located in downtown Grafton, has been a part of the town’s footprint since the early 20th Century, first opening as the Hippodrome — later the Strand Theater — in 1912.
“It’s been closed now for several years,” committee chairman Tom Hart said Tuesday during an appearance on WAJR-Clarksburg’s “The Gary Bowden Show.” “Of course, when you leave something sitting, it doesn’t always get maintained and it starts going south, but a group of us talked, and we wanted to try to initiate action to make something happen with this theater to get it back open so it can serve the community both in the performing arts and possibly, once again, with some motion pictures.”
Though the group is still in the organizational stages, those traveling through Grafton have likely noticed changes to the facades already occurring…
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