- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rylander Theater
- Creator:
- UGA Archway Partnership
- Date of Original:
- 2014
- Subject:
- Theaters
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, 32.03997, -84.19704
- Medium:
- encyclopedias
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In January 1921 the Rylander Theatre opened in Americus and was billed as "the Finest Playhouse South of Atlanta." The theater closed in 1951 and remained shuttered until 1991, when a $4.8 million restoration allowed the Rylander to reopen.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/americus/sumter-county-rylander-theater-interior-archway_001/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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