1889: YMCA of Athens buys property and erects a building on the site
1913: Music store occupies ground floor; YMCA uses second and third floors
1918: Elite Theater movie house opens on ground floor and Majestic Hotel occupies second and third floors
1923-24: Elite Theater and Masonic Temple occupy the building
1926: Masonic Temple Association of Athens buys the building
1927: Dorsey Furniture Co. and Masonic Temple share the building
1928: Sears, Roebuck and Co. leases ground floor, basement and second floor of Masonic Temple
1935: Elite Theater built on foundation of YMCA building
1960s: Serves as worship hall for United Methodist Church
1967: United Theatre Enterprises Inc. buys the building; continues Georgia Theatre
1975: Georgia Theatre shows last movie, "Brotherhood of Death," in October
1977: Sam Smartt, Hap Harris, George Fontaine and Sheffy McArthur team up to open Georgia Theatre as concert hall
1978: Sea Level performs first concert at reopened Georgia Theatre, Jan. 11
1978: David Alan Coe performs, Jan. 18
1978: B-52s pay to perform at Georgia Theatre, May 20
1979: The Police play as part of band's first U.S. tour
1981: Georgia Theatre closes
1982: Carafe & Draft Theater opens as movie house, with "Raiders of the Lost Ark" the first show, April 9
1989: Kyle Pilgrim and Bill "Duck" Anderson buy the building, plan to open Georgia Theatre as concert venue
1989: Pylon performs first concert at reopened Georgia Theatre, Oct. 2
1991: Widespread Panic films "Widespread Panic: Live from the Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA" directed by Billy Bob Thornton
2001: R.E.M. plays an unannounced show at a fundraiser for Community Connection, Oct. 16
2003: Pilgrim sells his half of the business to Anderson
2004: Wilmot Greene buys Georgia Theatre from Anderson
2009: Fire guts Georgia Theatre, June 19
2011: Reborn!