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Time:Â June 25, 2015Â from 7pm to 8:30pm Location:Â Gospel Light Baptist Church Event Description The “Save the Palace” group has been having weekly meetings to organize efforts to keep the Palace Theater in Benton from being demolished. The next meeting will be held June 25th at 7:00 p.m. at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Benton (corner of […]
The future of a beautiful old historic building in downtown Benton called “The Palace,” is in question, due to it being deemed unsafe. THV did a good story on it a couple of days ago, interviewing Mayor David Mattingly and also longtime Benton resident Cristy Clark. According to the story, we have about 90 days to come up […]
Added by Christy on September 12, 2012 at 10:51am To commemorate and celebrate the last season of our 78 year old football stadium, C.W. Lewis Stadium, the Benton Athletic Memorial Museum has had keepsake t-shirts made. They will be sold before every home game this season at C.W. Lewis Stadium. They are also for sale […]
It was a beautiful piece of architecture named The Palace Theatre in the 1920s. According to The Gann Legacy published in the Winter of 1999, it was the product of Charley Womack’s dream. He wanted to have an elegant venue for high-class entertainment. The dream only lasted about a year before Womack sold to someone […]
