3511 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE	CUCO VIDEO (VACANT)		More Images	1939 Data	Back
What was once the Florence Mills Theatre and Cuco Video is now a vacant building. The outside of the building reflects it's  age, with "ghost"' signs of both the Florence Mills Theatre and Cuco Video still apparent. The portion of the building that has been boarded up is used as a space for advertisement, including publicity for music, movies, and political endorsements and issues. PANORAMIC VIEW OF JEFFERSON BLVD. AND CENTRAL AVE. CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO		The Florence Mills Theatre was a prominent night club during the 1930s and 1940s. It was one of eight theatres along Central Avenue that serviced the local community. Jesse the "Marathon Man" recalled that it was at the Florence Mills Theatre where he was arrested for the first time and that many prominent African American celebrities frequented.  For example, he remembers the kind of excitement that Duke Ellington and a young Sammy Davis Jr. brought to Central Avenue. Ersey O'Brien, another gentleman that was born and raised in the community also recalls the "hype" surrounding the Florence Mills Theatre, for further information click on the audio link.
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