Robey Theatre

Robey Theatre
Location 318 Main St., Spencer, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°43′49″N 81°21′5″W / 38.73028°N 81.35139°WCoordinates: 38°43′49″N 81°21′5″W / 38.73028°N 81.35139°W
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1911
Architect Carmichael & Millspaugh
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

89000182

[1]
Added to NRHP March 29, 1989

Robey Theatre is a historic theater located at Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia. It was built in 1911 and extensively remodeled in 1926. It is a three story, five bay wide Neoclassical / Italian Renaissance style building. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ticket booth flanked on both sides by two sets of double doors. Above the entrance is a marquee anchored to the second floor by chains and distinctive neon sign above. It is one of the oldest continuously operating movie theaters in the United States.[2]

The Robey Theatre is currently owned by Aaron and Melissa Richardson.


It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March, 29 1989.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ Thomas Swift Landon (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robey Theatre". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.

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