FACTS ABOUT THE BYRD THEATRE Updated 8/2007

	Named for William Byrd, Founder of Richmond

	BUILDERS: Walter Coulter and Charles Somma

	ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR: Fred Bishop

	GRAND OPENING: December 24, 1928

	FIRST PICTURE: 'Waterfront' a First National Film

	ADMISSIONS:	Mat. Adults:	$.25   Children: $.10
			Eve. Adults:	$.50   Children: $.10

	FIRST MANAGER: Mr. Robert Coulter from 1928 to 1971

	ORGANIST: Carl Rhond, Welma Beck, Waldo S. Newberry,
		Slim Mathis, Bill Dalton, Harold Warner,
		Eddie Weaver, Art Brown, James Hughes,
		Bob Lent, Lin Lunde, and Bob Gulledge

	SEATING CAPACITY:  Orchestra - 916, Balcony - 476

	BUILDING COST: $900,000.00 (1928 price)

	DECORATOR: Arthur Brunet Studios, New York

	PLASTER SCULPTOR: F. Legnoioli, Richmond, Virginia

	OVERALL DESIGN: French Empire Period

	ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Union Electric, Richmond, Virginia

	SEATING CONTRACTOR: American Seating

	COOLING SYSTEM: Carrier, Centrifugal, 1st in Virginia in 1928
		(Replaced 1966 with a similar 134 ton Trane system)

	LIGHT FIXTURES: Czechoslovakian Crystal Chandeliers (11)

	ORGAN: Wurlitzer, 4 manuals, 17 ranks, Number 1948

	ORGAN ELEVATOR: Peter Clark

	PROJECTORS: 2 - Simplex X-L, 35mm (modified)

	PROJECTORS LAMPS: 3,000 Watt Xenon

	VIDEO PROJECTOR: Barco DP100 (3 chip 2k DLP, installed June, 2004)

	SOUND SYSTEM: Dolby Digital (6.1 channels)

	MAIN SPEAKER SYSTEMS: JBL

		Pre-2001 Projection & Sound Systems

	MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECTORS: Master Brenograph, Model FT,
		(2 projectors and/or spotlights)

	FOLLOW SPOT LIGHT: Metal-halide lamped spot light

	SCREEN: 20 x 40 Feet, Counter Weighted

	LANDMARK STATUS: State - 1978, National - 1979

	BUSINESS OPERATOR: The Byrd Theatre Foundation

	THEATRE CURATOR/PRESERVATIONEST: Miles J. Rudisill, Jr.