Colonial Theatre (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

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Colonial Theatre
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Colonial Theatre, November 2010
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Location3rd and Market Sts., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°15′38″N76°52′52″W / 40.26056°N 76.88111°W / 40.26056; -76.88111 Coordinates: 40°15′38″N76°52′52″W / 40.26056°N 76.88111°W / 40.26056; -76.88111
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1836, 1912
Built byMatthew Wilson
Architect Fuller Claflin (1912 remodel)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 82001532 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 9, 1982

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. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#82001532)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Frederick L. Morgenthaler III (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colonial Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-12.