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Shelburne Playhouse
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| Location: | Upper Ferndale Rd., Ferndale, New York |
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| Area: | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built: | 1922 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 04000284[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 15, 2004 |
Shelburne Playhouse is a historic theatre located at Ferndale in Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1922 as part of a small resort known as the Shelburne Hotel and used as the hotel social hall. It is a long, rectangular wood-frame building, 95 feet long and 35 feet wide. It consists of two components: a large five-by-four-bay structure that houses the main seating area / dance hall and a slightly lower three-by-one-bay entrance pavilion. The building is coated in stucco with applied wooden battens and a surmounted by a gable roof in the Tudor Revival style.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] With Maurice Gerry, Allan Bérubé (1946–2007) coordinated its restoration and initiated its being placed on the New York State and national register.