Robey Theatre

United States historic place


Robey Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The theater in 2010
38°48′8.3″N 81°21′4.8″W / 38.802306°N 81.351333°W / 38.802306; -81.351333
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1907
Architect	Carmichael & Millspaugh
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	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 1907 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 the oldest continuously operating movie theater 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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Thomas Swift Landon (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robey Theatre" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.