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Theatres
and Performance Halls
Gene Chesley's "National List of Historic Theatre Buildings" includes the names and locations of theatres for which information had been
gathered as of 1979, with some additions made through 1989. Please consult the list below to determine
whether a theatre or performance hall is included in the Chesley collection. For more information on the content of the collection, consult our online finding aid. To find out what the collection includes for a given theatre, please contact the National Trust Library.
ALABAMA
Anniston
Lyric Theatre (Ritz Theatre,
Nonnenmacher Center for the Performing Arts)
Dothan
Dothan Opera House (City Auditorium)
Fort Payne
Fort Payne Opera House (Rice’s
Opera House)
Greensboro
Greensboro Opera House (Blunt
Opera House)
Huntsville
Walker Allen Cabinet Shop (Constitution
Hall)
Montgomery
Montgomery Little Theatre (Episcopal
Little Theatre)
Tuscaloosa
Bama Theatre
TOP
ARIZONA
Prescott
Elks Opera House (Yavapai College
Community Theatre)
Tombstone
The Birdcage Theatre (The Bird
Cage Theatre)
TOP
CALIFORNIA
Anaheim
Disneyland Opera House
Arcata
Minor Theatre (Miner Theatre,
Arden Theatre)
Bodie
Miner's Union Hall
Columbia
Fallon House
Cordelia
Cordelia Theatre (Thompson's
Corner)
Death Valley Junction
Amargosa Opera House
Eureka
Ingomar Theatre
Sweazey Theatre (State Theatre,
Daly Department Store)
Georgetown
Balsar House (Whiteside Opera
House, Georgetown Performing Arts Center)
Guida
Guinda Town Hall
Livermore
Bell Theatre (The State)
Locke
Star Theatre
Los Angeles
Merced Theatre (Merced Theater,
Wood's Opera House)
Philharmonic Auditorium
Lower Lake
Lake Theatre
Monterey
First Theatre in California
(California's First Theatre, Monterey Theatre)
Napa
Napa Opera House (Crowley's
Opera House)
National City
Granger Music Hall (Granger
Hall)
Nevada City
Nevada Theatre (Old Nevada Theatre)
(8f)
Pacific Grove
Chautauqua Hall
Plymouth
Chautauqua Settlement
Red Bluff
Red Bluff Opera House
Redwood City
Alhambra Theatre
Riverside
Loring Opera House (Golden State
Theater)
Roseville
McRae Opera House
Sacramento
Eagle Theatre (Old Eagle Theatre)(4
f)
San Francisco
Geary Theatre (American Conservatory
Theatre, The Columbia Theatre)
San Francisco Opera House
South San Francisco Opera House
Sonora
Opera Hall (Opera Hall Garage)
Sutter Creek
Levagg's Opera House
Willits
Colonial Theatre
Winters
Winters Opera House (Seaman's
Opera House)
Woodland
Woodland Opera House (Hershey
Opera House)
TOP
COLORADO
Aspen
Wheeler Opera House
Boulder
Chautauqua Auditorium
Central City
Central City Opera House
Chester
Old Town Hall (Chester Meeting
House, Old Meeting Hall)
Denver
Elitch Gardens Theatre (Elitch
Theatre Company)
Tivoli Opera House (West Denver
Turnhandle, Tivoli Brewery Complex)
La Junta
Opera House (Rourke Theatre,
La Junta Theater, Rourke Opera House)
Leadville
Tabor Opera House (Elks Opera
House, Weston Opera House)
Ouray
Wright's Hall (Wright's Hall
Opera House)
Salida
Salida Opera House
Telluride
Sheridan Opera House
Trinidad
Jaffa Opera House
TOP
CONNECTICUT
Derby
Sterling Opera House
East Haddam
Goodspeed Opera House (Goodspeed’s
Hall) (4f)
Litchfield
Town Hall (Thomaston Opera House)
New Haven
Shubert Theatre (Shubert Performing
Arts Center)
Norfolk
Norfolk Music Shed (Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival Music Shed)
Village Hall (Opera House, Apple
House Market, Apple Market)
Norwalk
Hoyt Theatre (Hoyt's Theatre,
The Rialto)
Waterbury
Palace Theater
TOP
DELAWARE
Dover
Dover Opera House (Capitol Theatre)
Wilmington
Grand Opera House (Masonic Hall)
TOP
DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
Ford's Theatre
TOP
FLORIDA
DeFuniak Springs
Chautauqua Auditorium
Monticello
Perkins Opera House (Monticello
Opera House, Perkins Block)
Sanford
Imperial Opera House
TOP
GEORGIA
Americus
Glover Opera House (Americus
Opera House)
Athens
Morton Theatre (The "Colored
Opera House")
Augusta
Modjeska (New Modjeska)
Columbus
Springer Opera House (Columbus
Little Theatre)
Giffin
Giffin Opera House
Macon
Grand Opera House (Academy of
Music, The Grand)
TOP
IDAHO
Boise
Sonna's Opera House (Sonna Opera
House)
Turnverein Hall (Jake's Turnverein
Hall, Boise Turn-Verein, Turner Theatre)
Oakley
Howell's Opera House (Oakley
Playhouse)
Sandpoint
Panida Theater (Pan-Ida)
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ILLINOIS
Aurora
Paramount Theatre (Paramount
Arts Center)
Chicago
Auditorium Theatre, The
Blackstone Theatre
Chicago Public Library, The
(Cultural Center)
Orchestra Hall (Theodore Thomas
Orchestra Hall)
Shubert Theatre (Majestic Theatre)
Studebaker Theatre (Fine Arts
Building, Studebaker Music Hall)
Elsah
Farley's Music Hall (Methodist
Hall, Farley Dance Hall, Knights of Pythias Hall, Elsah Emporium)
Galena
Turner Hall
Princeton
Apollo Opera House (Apollo Theatre,
Apollo Twin Cinema's)
Rochelle
Bain Opera House (Bain Building)
Sesser
Sesser Opera House (Opera House)
Watseka
Braden Brothers' Opera House
(Stephens Brothers' Opera House)
Woodstock
Woodstock Opera House (Woodstock
City Hall and Opera House)
TOP
INDIANA
Aurora
Grand Opera House
Bristol
Mosier Opera House (The Bristol
Opera House)
Elkhart
Bucklen Opera House
Indianapolis
Athenaeum Theatre (Indiana Repertory
Theatre)
Murat Theatre (Murat Shrine,
Shrine Temple)
Lewisville
Guyer Opera House (Lewisville
Public Hall)
Martinsville
Indiana Theatre (Grace Theatre)
New Harmony
Thrall's Opera Hall (Union Hall,
Old Opera House)
Remington
Fountain Park Chautauqua (Fountain
Park Tabernacle)
Valparaiso
Opera House (Memorial Opera
House)
Wabash
Eagles Theatre
TOP
IOWA
Cedar Falls
Cotton Theatre (Isis Theatre,
Regent)
Cresco Opera House (The Cresco)
Dubuque
Dubuqua Five Flags Theatre (Majestic,
Orpheum, Spensley)
Elkader
Elkader Opera House (Elkader
Municipal Building)
Harlan
Long's Opera House (Harlan Theatre)
Iowa Falls
Met, the (Metropolitan Opera
House)
Le Mars
Dalton Opera House (Dalton's
Opera House, Le Mars Opera House)
Washington
Graham Opera House (State Theatre)
What Cheer
What Cheer Opera House (Masonic
Lodge Hall)
TOP
KANSAS
Abilene
Plaza Theatre (J.E. Bonebrake
Opera House, Seelye Theatre)
Concordia
Brown Grand Opera House
McPherson
McPherson Opera House (Empire
Theatre)
TOP
KENTUCKY
Lexington
Lexington Opera House
Louisville
Memorial Auditorium (War Memorial
Auditorium, Louisville War Memorial Auditorium)
TOP
LOUISIANA
New Orleans
Lafayette Theatre (Civic Theatre
Disco, Civic Theatre)
Shreveport
Strand, The (The Strand Theatre
of Shreveport, The Strand Theatre)
TOP
MAINE
Belfast
Hayford Hall (Belfast Opera
House)
Biddeford
City Theatre (City Theater,
Opera House, Biddeford Opera House)
Camden
Camden Opera House
Damariscotta
Lincoln Theatre (Lincoln Hall,
The Hall)
Lewiston
Empire Theatre, The
Mystic Theatre (Mystic Hall)
Lincolnville Center
Tranquility Grange
Madison
Lakewood Theatre (State of Maine
Theatre)
Monmouth
Cumston Hall (Monmouth Town
Hall, The Theatre of Monmouth)
The Theater at Norway
Norway Opera House (Opera House
Block, Opera House)
Ocean Park
Temple, The
Rockport
Rockport Town Hall (Rockport
Opera House)
Searsport
Union Hall (Searsport Opera
House)
Skowhegan
Skowhegan Opera House (Town
Hall)
Thomaston
Watts Hall
Waterville
Waterville Opera House
TOP
MASSACHUSETTS
Beverly
Cabot St. Cinema Theatre (Ware
Theatre)
Larcom Theatre (Fine Arts)
Boston
Gaiety Theatre (Lyceum, Publix)
Saxon Theatre (Majestic)
Fall River
Academy of Music (Academy Theatre)
Northhampton
Academy of Music
Pittsfield
Berkshire Public Theatre (Union
Square Theatre, The Paris Cinema)
South Weymouth
Fogg Opera House
Stockbridge
Berkshire Playhouse (Stockbridge
Casino, Berkshire Theater Festival)
Worcester
Lothrop's Opera House (Fine
Arts Theater, Pleasant Street) Theater, Olympia
Mechanic's Hall
TOP
MICHIGAN
Adrian
Croswell Opera House (Adrian
Union Hall)
Burt
Burt Opera House
Calumut (formerly Red Jacket)
Calumet Theatre (Calumet Opera
House, Red Jacket Opera House)
Cheboygan
Cheboygan Opera House
Coldwater
Tibbits Opera House
Colon
Colon Opera House
Detroit
Harmonie Club
Flint
Fenton Opera House
Frankenmuth
Fischer Opera Haus (Frankenmuth's
Fischer Opera Haus)
Grand Ledge
Blake's Opera House (Sackett's
Opera House)
Grand Rapids
Power's Opera House (Croswell
Opera House and Fine Arts Association)
Holland
Holland Theater (The Knickerbocker)
Howell
Opera House, The
Manistee
Ramsdell Theatre
Marcellus
Centennial Hall (The Centennial
Building)
Rockford
Opera House
Stockbridge
Stockbridge Town Hall
Traverse City
City Opera House
Vassar
Miller Opera House
Vermontville
Vermontville Opera House
Whitehall
Howmet Playhouse
TOP
MINNESOTA
Lake Benton
Lake Benton Opera House (Kimball
Building, Opera House)
Litchfield
Litchfield Opera House
Luverne
Palace Theatre (New Opera House,
The Palace Theatre)
Minneapolis
Dania Hall
Shubert Theatre (Academy Theatre,
Alvin Theatre)
Red Wing
Theodore B. Sheldon Memorial
Auditorium (T.B. Sheldon Theatre)
Saint Paul
Czech Hall (CSPS Hall, Cesko-Slovansky
Podoporujici Spoler)
World Theater (Sam S. Shubert
Theater)
Winona
Winona Opera House (Winona Theatre,
Bugsy's)
TOP
MISSISSIPPI
Meridian
Grand Opera House
TOP
MISSOURI
Boonville
Thespian Hall (Stephen's Opera
House,Lyric Theater) (2f)
Hermann
Erholung Theatre
Kansas City
Folly Theatre (The Standard,
The Century, The Shubert Missouri, The Folly)
Shelbina
Miller Opera House (The Opera
House)
TOP
MONTANA
Butte
Curtis Music Hall
Montana Theatre (Broadway Theater,
Sutton's Theater)
Elkhorn
Fraternity Hall
Red Lodge
Opera House (Montana Opera House,
The Theatorium, Yellowstone Distillery)
TOP
NEBRASKA
Aurora
Aurora Opera House
Fort Robinson
Fort Robinson Gymnasium-Theater
(Army Theatre)
Fremont
Fremont Opera House (Opera House,
Love-Larson Opera House)
Ravenna
Opera House (Big Union Cafe)
Red Cloud
Red Cloud Opera House
TOP
NEVADA
Eureka
Eureka Opera House
Virginia City
Piper's Opera House
TOP
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
Franklin
Soldier's Memorial Hall (Opera
House)
Littleton
Littleton Opera House (Opera
House, Grand Opera House)
Manchester
Palace Theatre, The
Plainfield
Plainfield Town Hall (Howard
Hart Stage)
Rochester
Rochester Opera House
TOP
NEW
JERSEY
Atantic City
Apollo Theatre (Nixon's Apollo,
Apollo Burlesk)
Savoy Theatre
Clinton
Clinton Music Hall
Englishtown
Columbia Hall (Englishtown Music
Hall, Mechanics Hall)
Jersey City
Majestic Theatre (Liberty Center
for the Performing Arts Playhouse Theatre)
Tenafly
Tenafly Hall
TOP
NEW
YORK
Bainbridge
Town Hall Theatre (Town Hall
Opry, Bainbridge Opera House)
Baldwinsville
Howard Opera House
Bronx
Bronx Opera House (Bronx Theatre)
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
(3f)
Bushwick ( B.F. Keith's Bushwick
Theatre)
Prospect Hall (Prospect Hall,
The Grand Prospect Hall)
Majestic Theatre (Stair &
Havlin's Majestic Theater)
Cambridge
Hubbard Hall (Cambridge Opera
House)
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Amphitheatre
Cohoes
Cohoes Music Hall (Cohoes Opera
House)
Earlville
Earlville Opera House
Flushing
Flushing Town Hall
Greenport
Greenport Auditorium
Hammondsport
Gottleib Frey Opera House (Freyo
Opera House)
Irvington
Irvington Town Hall Theatre
(Town Hall)
Lancaster
Lancaster Opera House (Town
Hall Auditorium)
Apollo Theatre (Bryant, Apollo
Burlesque)
New York City (see also Bronx,
Brooklyn, Staten Island)
Carnegie Hall
Harry De Jur Playhouse (Henry
Street Settlement, Henry Street Settlement Playhouse)
Helen Hayes Theatre (Little
Theatre, Winthrop Ames)
Lyceum (New Lyceum)
Manhattan Opera House (Manhattan
Center)
New Amsterdam Theatre
Radio City Music Hall
Penn Yan
Cornwell Opera House
Sampson Theatre
Pine Lake
Sherman Theatre
Poughkeepsie
Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc
(Collingwood Opera House)
Rye
Lyceum Hall
Scarborough
Beechwood Playhouse (Julie Harris
Theatre)
Sing Sing
Olive Opera House (Olive Hall)
Spencertown
Spencertown Academy
Staten Island
Snug Harbor Music Hall/Theatre
(2f)
Syracuse
Syracuse Area Landmark Theatre
(Loew's Theatre)
Tarrytown
Music Hall Theatre (Music Hall,
Tarrytown Music Hall)
Troy
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Utica
Stanley Performing Arts Center
Westfield
Virginia Hall (The Opera House)
Williamson
Gates Hall (Union Church)
TOP
NORTH
CAROLINA
New Bern
Masonic Theatre (Mason's Hall)
Salisbury
Meroney's Opera House
Wilmington
Thalian Hall
TOP
OHIO
Chillicothe
Majestic Opera House (Majestic
Theatre, Masonic Opera House)
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Music Hall (Music
Hall, Springer Auditorium)
Emery Theatre (Emery Auditorium,
Emery Hall)
Cleveland
Olympia Theatre
Columbus
Ohio Theatre
Dayton
Turner Opera House (Victory
Theatre, Music Hall)
Genoa
Genoa Opera House (Town Hall
Opera House)
McConnelsville
Opera House Theatre (Twin City
Opera House)
Middletown
Sorg Opera House (Colonial Theatre,
Sorg Theatre)
Nelsonville
Stuart's Opera House
Peninsula
G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic)
TOP
OREGON
Portland
New Market Theatre
Roseburg
Roseburg Opera House
Salem
Elsinore Theatre
Reed Opera House
TOP
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown
Symphony Hall (Lyric Theatre,
Central Market House/Hall)
Altoona
Mishler
Lancaster
Fulton Opera House (2f)
Mauch Chunk
Mauch Chunk Opera House (Capitol
Theater)
Meadville
Academy (Academy of Music)
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Metropolitan Opera House (The
Met, Philadelphia Opera House)
Walnut Street Theatre (Olympic,
The New Circus, American Theatre)
Phoenixville
Colonial (Colonial Theater)
Ridgway
Ridgway Opera House, The
Tidioute
Grandin Opera House
Towanda
Hale's Opera House (Keystone
Theatre)
Warren
Library Theater (Struthers Library
Theatre)
Warren
Roscoe Hall
TOP
RHODE
ISLAND
Newport
Newport Casino Theatre (Newport
Casino Theatre, Van Alen, Casino Theatre)
Providence
Shakespeare Hall (Sprague-Knight
Building)
Trinity Repertory Company (Lederer
Theatre, The Emery Majestic, The Shubert Majestic)
TOP
SOUTH
CAROLINA
Abbeville
Abbeville Opera House
Camden
Camden Opera House
Charleston
Dock Street Theatre
McCrady's Tavern and Long Room
(Eude's Tavern)
Chester
Opera House
Marion
Marion Opera House (Town Hall
and Opera House)
Newberry
Newberry Opera House
Sumter
Opera House (City Hall, Sumter
Theatre, Academy of Music)
TOP
SOUTH
DAKOTA
Dell Rapids
Grand Opera House (Old Grand
Opera House)
Lead
Homestake Opera House
Pierre
Grand Opera House (Grand Theater,
Studio 109)
Sioux Falls
Orpheum Theatre of Sioux Falls
(Sioux Falls Community Playhouse)
TOP
TENNESSEE
Johnson City
Memorial Hall National Home
(Memorial Hall) (2f)
Knoxville
Bijou Theatre (Lamar House)
Memphis
Old Dairy Theatre
Pulaski
Pulaski Opera House (Antionette
Hall)
TOP
TEXAS
Austin
Millet Opera House
Columbus
Stafford Opera House (Stafford
Bank and Opera House, R.E.) Stafford's Building
Galveston
Grand Opera House (1894 Grand
Opera House, The Martini Theatre, The State Theatre)
Granbury
Granbury Opera House
Shiner
Opera House (Shiner Opera House)
Uvalde
Grand Opera House
TOP
UTAH
Salt Lake City
Orpheum Theatre (Capitol Theatre)
Promised Valley Playhouse (Lyric
Theatre)
TOP
VERMONT
Barre
Barre Opera House (1899 Barre
Opera House)
Burlington
Flynn Theatre
Derby Line
Haskell Free Library & Opera
House (Haskell Opera House)
Randolph
Chandler Music Hall
Vergennes
Vergennes Opera House (Vergennes
City Hall, City Lights Theatre and Cafe)
Woodstock
Town Hall Theatre (Opera House)
TOP
VIRGINIA
Abingdon
Opera House (Town Hall, Barter
Theatre, State Theatre of Virginia, Abington Opera House)
Charlottesville
Town Hall (Levy Opera House)
Lynchburg
Academy of Music (Academy Theatre,
The Academy)
TOP
WASHINGTON
Everett
Everett Theatre
Seattle
Coliseum Theatre
Moore Theatre (Moore Egyptian)
Tacoma
Pantages Theatre (Pantages Centre
for the Performing Arts)
Yakima
Capitol Theatre
TOP
WEST
VIRGINIA
Charles Town
New Opera House (Old Opera House)
TOP
WISCONSIN
Bacine
Bijou
Baraboo
Al. Ringling Theatre
Columbus
Columbus City Hall Auditorium
(City Hall Opera House)
Menomonie
Mabel Tainter Theatre
Milwaukee
Pabst Theater (The Pabst Milwaukee)
Ward Memorial Hall (Memorial
Theatre)
Oshkosh
Grand Opera House
Stevens Point
Fox Theatre
Viroqua
Viroqua Opera House
Watertown
Concordia Opera House
Wausau
Grand Theatre
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