State Theatre (Easton, Pennsylvania)

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State Theatre
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The interior of Easton's State Theater in 2018
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Location453 Northampton St., Easton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°41′29″N75°12′45″W / 40.69139°N 75.21250°W / 40.69139; -75.21250
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1910, 1925
ArchitectLee, W.H.
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 82003804 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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 2011-10-29.
  3. "Looking back on a decade of Freddy Awards". The Express-Times . 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-23.

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