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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:11:00

The ceiling is ancient Egypt by way of 1928 Columbus: a jazz-age Egyptian Revival fantasy built as a movie-and-vaudeville palace for the city's Black community, reborn as the King-Lincoln district's cultural anchor. The Lincoln Theatre, at 769 East Long Street, opened on 26 November 1928 and returned to life in 2009 after a 13.5-million-dollar restoration. The theatre was built by Al Jackson as the Ogden Theatre and Ballroom, part of a thriving Long Street corridor that made the near east side ...