Blackstone-State Theater

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Blackstone-State Theater
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Blackstone-State Theater, July 2012
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Location212 S. Michigan, South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates 41°40′28″N86°15′0″W / 41.67444°N 86.25000°W / 41.67444; -86.25000
Arealess than one acre
Built1919 (1919)
Architect Henry L. Newhouse
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Downtown South Bend Historic MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001204 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1985

Blackstone-State Theater is a historic theater building located at South Bend, Indiana. It was built in 1919, and is a four-story, Classical Revival style brick and terra cotta building. The first floor has four storefronts and the theater entrance. The upper floors form a loggia that rises to the fourth floor and supported by four pairs of fluted columns. The theater originally sat 2,500 patrons. [2] : 57 

The theater was closed between 1977 and 1994, and it closed again in 2016. [3] In 2025 the South Bend Redevelopment Commission bought the theater, performed improvements, and put it up for bid. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016.Note: This includes Elizabeth A. Straw and Karen Kiemnec (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown South Bend Historic MRA" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Blasko, Erin (September 16, 2016). "Tax Sale Clouds State Theatre's Future in South Bend" . South Bend Tribune . Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ Reilly, Ginger (October 24, 2025). "South Bend Redevelopment Commission approves plan to put State Theatre up for purchase bid" . South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
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