Hershey Community Center Building

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Hershey Community Center Building
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Hershey Community Center Building, November 2011
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Location2 Chocolate Ave., Hershey, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°17′7″N76°38′56″W / 40.28528°N 76.64889°W / 40.28528; -76.64889
Area2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1932-1933
Architect Paul Philippe Cret
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No. 80003483 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1980

The Hershey Community Center Building is an historic building which is located in Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

History and architectural features

Designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret (1876-1945), under a general plan by Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945), the Hershey Community Center Building was erected between 1932 and 1933. Plans for a community theater and center were originally drawn-up by C. Emlen Urban in 1915. [2]

The Hershey Community Center Building is a five-story building, encompassing 190,699 square feet. It is shaped like a distended "E," with an open court in the front center and sun porches on three sides. [2]

The building is faced in Indiana limestone, and houses a large theater, the Hershey Theatre, which is 51,525 square feet (4,787 m2), and small theater, which is 5,535 square feet (514 m2), along with a variety of recreational facilities including a gymnasium, swimming pool, game rooms, locker rooms, and showers. [2]

The building also houses a library, which is 6,640 square feet (617 m2) and dormitory space, which is 15,970 square feet (1,484 m2). [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 R.D. Foster (March 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Hershey Community Center Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 16, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
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