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Listen: The Latin ProgramView of the dilapidated Campus Theater shown just before demolition in Tallahassee, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Digitized Loans Collection, N2018-14
Subject Term
Derelict buildings
Sex-oriented businesses
Architecture--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Architecture, Modern--20th century
Art deco (Architecture)
Motion picture theaters--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Adult movie theaters--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Dilapidations--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Commercial buildings--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "The Leon Theater, 500 block of West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee served the black community during segregation, from 1942 to 1967. In 1968, the Leon became the Campus Art Theater, featuring avant-garde and sexual-themed movies. In 1981, it became Randy's Campus Theater, showing a parade of X-rated films. The theater closed in 1985 and became a sanctuary for the homeless. It was demolished in August 1996."
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