Lucas Theatre
Opened December 26, 1921 by Atlanta theater magnate Arthur Lucas, the Lucas Theatre was a 1,200-seat Spanish Baroque movie palace and Savannah's first air-conditioned building, drawing crowds for over four decades before going dark after a final screening in 1976. Saved from demolition and reborn in 2000 under the Savannah College of Art and Design, it is now one of the city's most-told ghost-tour stops.
Staff working alone describe an empty auditorium suddenly applauding and laughing, a shadowy figure crossing the stage, and the phantom whir of a long-removed projector. Tour lore adds a ticket-taker said to have been gunned down in a 1928 drive-by, still flinging open the lobby doors before collapsing, though no record of that shooting has surfaced and guides treat it as legend.
📍 32 Abercorn Street, Reynolds Square, Savannah, GA, Savannah, GA · Get directions