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Colonial Theatre (other)
Colonial Theatre or Colonial Theater may refer to: in the United States (listed by state) *Colonial Theatre (Idaho Falls, Idaho), in Bonneville County and opened in 1919 *Colonial Theater (Augusta, Maine), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Kennebec County *Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland), NRHP-listed in Washington County *Colonial Theatre (Boston), a Massachusetts theatre that opened in 1900 *Colonial Theatre (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), in Berkshire County and opened in 1903 *Colonial Theatre (Bethlehem, New Hampshire), in Grafton County and opened in 1915 *Colonial Theatre (New York City), opened in 1905 *Colonial Theater (Canton, North Carolina), NRHP-listed in Howard County *Colonial Theater (Allentown, Pennsylvania), in Lehigh County and opened in 1920 *Colonial Theatre (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), NRHP-listed in Dauphin County *Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania), in Chester County and opened in 1903 *Colonial Theatre (South Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
The Colonial Theater is a historic theater in Idaho Falls, Idaho, founded in 1919 as a venue for live performances. From 1929 until 1990, it operated as a movie theater under the name The Paramount Theater. In the 1990s, the theater was renovated, and its original name was restored. It is currently part of the Willard Arts Center arts complex, owned and operated by the Idaho Falls Art Council. It was built by Harry Brownback, a man whose family had played an early role in Chester County, Pennsylvania. History After the citizens of Idaho Falls voted to change the city's name, in 1891, residents began talking about building a theater which could host vaudeville acts, road shows, and musical performances. In 1919, three local men, C.A. Spath of the Farmers and Merchant Bank, Dr. C.M., Cline, and S.K. Mittry, a local contractor, put up the money and materials to build the Colonial Theater, at a final cost of $175,000. The structure was built of steel, reinforced concrete, and brick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theater (Augusta, Maine)
The Colonial Theater is a historic movie theater at 139 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1913 and rebuilt after a fire in 1926, it is a fine example of Beaux Arts architecture, with features presaging the Art Deco movement. It is the last surviving movie theater building in downtown Augusta. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, at which time had been standing vacant for many years. Description and history The Colonial Theater stands near the northern end of Water Street, Augusta's principal commercial downtown thoroughfare. It stands on the east side of the street, just south of the junction with Commercial Street, with the Kennebec River at its rear. It is a large rectangular two-story masonry building, constructed out of brick, with a flat roof and a concrete foundation. Its main facade is seven bays wide, divided into five sections separated by brick piers. The outer sections have secondary exits on the ground floor, while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland)
Colonial Theatre is a historic theater located at 12-14 S. Potomac Street in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1914 commercial structure designed by Harry E. Yessler, a Hagerstown architect. It is three stories high, with a heavily ornamented, Baroque influenced terra cotta façade, created by terra cotta artist Henri Plasschaert. The terra cotta frieze was carved by the artist Henry Plasschaert (1861–1940), a sculptor from Ghent, Belgium who emigrated to the United States in 1881. He was a very talented and highly regarded sculptor who resided primarily in the Philadelphia area. He taught modeling at UPenn from 1892-1897, was the head of the Decorative Sculpture Department run at the school by the Philadelphia Museum of Art during that same time. He was also listed as a professor of sculpture at the Pennsylvania Museum of Arts and School of Industrial Arts in 1894. Later in life he worked for the Boston Terra Cotta Company and then for Stephen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Boston)
The Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, opened in 1900, is the oldest continually-operating theatre in the city. It is located at 106 Boylston Street on Boston Common at the former site of the Boston Public Library. It is a pending Boston Landmark. History The Colonial Theatre was designed by the architectural firm of Clarence Blackall and paid for by Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr. The theatre first opened its doors for a performance of ''Ben-Hur'' on December 20, 1900 with a sold out show and Winston Churchill attending. ''Ben-Hur'' operated with a cast and crew of 350 people and featured eight live horses on stage in full gallop during the chariot race scene. The play was so mechanically and technically extraordinary it was featured on the cover of ''Scientific American''. George Bernard Shaw's play '' Too True To Be Good'' received its world premiere at the Colonial Theatre on February 29, 1932. Recent history In the 1990s, Colonial president Jon Platt led a renovat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
The Colonial Theatre is located at 111 South Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Built in 1903, the theater was host to many theater greats including George M. Cohan, Sara Bernhardt, John Barrymore, Eubie Blake, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Billie Burke, John Philip Sousa and the Ziegfeld Follies. The theater was designed by Pittsfield architect Joseph McArthur Vance along with J.B. McElfatrick. Its ornate turn-of-the 20th century interior has been well preserved by its various owners. Although the theater was closed in 1951, its grandeur had been protected through the years by George Miller and his son, Steven. Miller preserved many features of the Colonial during its conversion from a theater to the Miller's Art Supply Store, making it possible to eventually restore the theater back to its earlier grandeur, a process documented in photographer Nicholas Whitman's ''The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection''. The Coloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Bethlehem, New Hampshire)
The Colonial Theatre in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, is a historic movie theater built in 1915 and one of the oldest continuously operating movie theaters in the United States. When the Colonial opened its doors, the era of the grand hotels was in full swing and Bethlehem was a premier destination resort town. Because of its sophisticated clientele the Colonial quickly became a venue for movie studios to test market their films. It was designed in the Egyptian Revival style by Francis J. Kennard of Tampa, Florida. The property was listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2002. History and description The Colonial Theatre is located at 2050 Main Street and was built by Karl Abbott, scion of Bethlehem hotelier Frank Abbott. In the summer of 1914, as documented in K. Abbott's 1950 memoir ''Open for the Season'', Abbott, with his then-partner "Doc" Clark, converted the family stables to a garage for automobiles, then looked further: "The vacant lot across the stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (New York City)
The Colonial Theatre in New York City was at Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and 62nd Street in what was then the San Juan Hill, Manhattan, San Juan Hill neighborhood on the Upper West Side, Manhattan.Aberjhani, and Sandra L. West. 2003. ''Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance''. New York: Facts On File, Inc. . P. 290 Originally named the Colonial Music Hall, it was opened in 1905 by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy.Krefft, Bryan"Colonial Theatre" Cinema Treasures. Web. Retrieved October 25, 2014. Designed by George Keister, the theater had a seating capacity of 1,293. Thompson and Dundy operated the theater for only a few weeks before selling it to Percy G. Williams, who changed the name to Colonial Theatre. It functioned exclusively as a vaudeville house during Williams' stewardship. In 1912, under the management of B.F. Keith, the name was changed to Keith's Colonial Theatre. Five years later the theater was under the management of E.F. Albee, who renamed it the New Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theater (Canton, North Carolina)
The Colonial Theatre is a historic movie theater located at Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was designed by Benton & Benton and built in 1932. It is a 2 1/2-story, five bay Colonial Revival-style brick building. The theater auditorium has 650 seats, including the auditorium and the balcony. The Colonial Theater has been renovated and is now used for concerts, movies, and plays. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 2000. It is located in the Canton Main Street Historic District. References External linksCinema Treasures Theatres completed in 1932 Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theater (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
The Colonial Theater was a former cinema and stage theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Opened in 1920, for over 50 years it was considered the glamour cinema in the central business district. It closed in 1982, and was torn down in 2005 after years of being vacant and deteriorated. The site has been redeveloped as Three City Center, part of the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ). History 19th century The Colonial Theater was built on the site of a Center City Allentown mansion owned by John Dodson Stiles, a lawyer who represented Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives during the American Civil War, Civil War. In the 1870s, Stiles returned to Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, where he practiced law until his death in 1896. Two years later, in 1898, his home was remodeled by his son, Charles Frederick (Fred) Stiles, who turned it into the Hotel Hamilton. 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Colonial Theatre, also known as the Lochiel Hotel, is a historic theater and commercial building located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building consists of a five-story, brick and frame front section and a rear brick and frame auditorium. The original Colonial Theatre was built about 1836, as a hotel in the Greek Revival style and featured a four columned portico on the Market Street entrance. It was subsequently modified in form and use a number of times. In the 1870s, a mansard roof was added. The rear auditorium was added in 1912, when the building was converted from a hotel to hotel and movie / vaudeville theater. The lobby was remodeled in the 1930s / 1940s in an Art Deco style; the auditorium has Italian Renaissance style detailing. The theater and hotel closed in 1976, and the building used for offices and shops. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1982. See also * National Register of Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania)
The Colonial Theatre is located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ..., at 227 Bridge Street. Built in 1903, the "Colonial Opera House" became a preeminent venue for movies, traveling shows and live entertainment throughout the 20th century. The three-screen venue consists of the original 658-seat ‘vaudeville house’ and two newer additional theatres in the adjacent National Bank of Phoenixville building (c.1925). History The Colonial Theatre, located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, was originally constructed in 1902 and opened its doors on September 5, 1903, as the "Colonial Opera House." Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect Harry Brownback, the venue initially hosted live stage performances, vaudeville acts, and musicals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Theatre (South Hill, Virginia)
Colonial Theatre, also known as The Colonial Center for the Performing Arts, is a historic movie theater located at South Hill, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and housed in a three-story brick building done in the Commercial Style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and is used primarily for community theater productions, musical performances, and local events. History Built in 1925, the Colonial Theatre was the only theatre in Mecklenburg County for over two decades. The venue originally housed vaudeville shows and musical performances before undergoing conversion first into a theatre for silent movies and later for modern motion pictures. Many notable entertainers performed at the theatre during its lifespan, including Joan Crawford, Clara Bow, and Minnie Pearl Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996), known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl, was an American comedian and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
