Originally opened as the Blue Mouse Theatre in 1922 in the back of L.M. Broyles furniture store, this building embraced the art of cinema. It was later known as the Lyric Theater and then remodeled and reopened as the Jackson Theatre in 1945. The theatre showed movies and offered plays and concerts on its 12’ stage in front of the screen. A quarter got you a long way at the Jackson Theatre, and many of Jonesborough’s residents spent their Saturdays here watching a double feature and eating concessions. The theatre ceased operation in the early 1960s. In 2014, the Town of Jonesborough purchased the building with an ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) Grant and began renovating it into a year-round performance venue.