Victoria_Theatre_(Shamokin,_Pennsylvania)

Victoria Theatre (Shamokin, Pennsylvania)

Victoria Theatre (Shamokin, Pennsylvania)

United States historic place

Victoria Theatre was a historic theatre located in the main commercial district of Independence Street at Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted theater architect William Harold Lee (1884-1971), and built in 1917–1918. It was located on a trapezoidal lot at 46 West Independence Street, four stories in front and in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture. The interior featured elaborately ornamented plaster ceilings and a central dome with a suspended chandelier.[2] It was demolished after the Rite Aid drug store chain acquired the lot in 1998.[3]

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and unfortunately was delisted in 2004.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012. Note: This includes Thomas S. Grebnick (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Victoria Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  3. [3]
    cinematreasures.org: Victoria Theatre


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