Just Us & Al Whittle Theatre/Acadia Theatre

Location: 450 Main St.

Originally opened as Wolfville’s Opera House in 1911, the location changed into The Orpheum Theatre in 1923. The location showed silent films to Wolfville residents and Wolfville’s first “talkie” in 1930.

The marquee, in Art Moderne style, would be added in 1947, when it was renamed the Acadia Theatre. The Acadia showed the newest Hollywood films to Wolfville for many years.

In 2004, after the theatre had closed, the Acadia Cinema Cooperative purchased the building and completed a renovation. It reopened as the Al Whittle Theatre, in partnership with the local coffee shop, Just Us.

Fun Fact: Al Whittle was the theatre manager from 1953 to when it closed in 2000.

Photos:

1. The front of the building, as of July 2023
2. Entrance to the Al Whittle Theatre, as of July 2023
3. Acadia, circa 1947
4. As the Orpheum, circa 1923