State Theatre (Easton, Pennsylvania)

State Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The interior of Easton's State Theater in 2018
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Location	453 Northampton St., Easton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°41′29″N75°12′45″W / 40.69139°N 75.21250°W / 40.69139; -75.21250
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1910, 1925
Architect	Lee, W.H.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	82003804 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1982

The State Theatre, officially known as the State Theatre Center for the Arts, is a 1,500-seat, historic, American theater that is located in the City of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

History

The building began to take its present form in 1910, when modified from a bank building to a vaudeville theater, called the Neumeyers Vaudeville House. The building was extensively modified in 1926, to include a larger auditorium, balcony, and lush decorations; at that time it was renamed "The State." The building is asymmetrical with a cut stone Beaux-Arts style facade and large overhanging marquee. ^[2]

The theater has hosted the Freddy Awards, which honor the best in high school theater programs in the Lehigh Valley, every year since the inaugural show in 2003. ^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". 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 Janet M. Dach; Margaret D. Druse & Susan Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: State Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2011.
3. "Looking back on a decade of Freddy Awards". The Express-Times . May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

External links

Media related to State Theatre (Easton, Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons

• State Theatre Center for the Arts website