Dalton Theatre Building
Dalton Theatre Building | |
 Dalton Theatre Building, October 2013 | |
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| Location | Washington Ave., Pulaski, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°2′48″N 80°46′47″W / 37.04667°N 80.77972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1921 |
| Architect | Lombard, James C & Co. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003074[1] |
| VLR No. | 125-0002 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | November 16, 1977[2] |
Dalton Theatre Building is a historic theatre building located at Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a three-story, five-bay, brick Commercial Style building with a flat roof topped by a one-story square central tower.[3] The theater was initially built for vaudeville, and had the largest stage of any theaters on the rail line from Richmond, Virginia to Tennessee.[3] Following the development of talking films it was converted into a movie theater and showed films into the 1960s.[3]
Facing the road on the ground floor are two storefronts that originally housed a bank and a drugstore.[3] The upper two floors were used for offices as well as apartments for visiting performers.[3] At the rear of the building was a gable-roofed auditorium, designed in the Beaux Arts style, and a plain five-story equipment tower serving the stage. The auditorium section of the building collapsed in 1982, however, and has been razed.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (November 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dalton Theatre Building". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ Gibson Worsham and Charlotte Worsham (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski Historic Commercial District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
