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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.


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Delaware Maryland North Carolina Virginia
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Florida Michigan Ohio West Virginia
Georgia Minnesota Oklahoma Wisconsin
Hawaii Mississippi Oregon Wyoming
Idaho Missouri Pennsylvania

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)

TOP

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

TOP

 

 

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