National Register of Historic Places

Beacon Theatre

Hopewell (Independent City), Hopewell County, Virginia
Listed
November 22, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00001434

About this property

Beacon Theatre, also known as the Broadway Theatre and Pythian Lodge, is a historic theatre building located at Hopewell, Virginia. It was built in 1928, and is a three-story, vaudeville and movie theater with storefront commercial space, second-floor apartments and third-floor meeting space. It has Colonial Revival and Art Deco style details. The building features decorative bands of flush brickwork punctuated with rectangular cast-stone corner blocks and cast-stone detailing in the parapet coping; the theater is adorned with classical plaster friezes, an elaborate proscenium, and a cove ceiling in the auditorium. The Beacon Theatre remained a theater offering live performances and movies until it closed in 1981. It later reopened. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Location

401 N. Main St.
Hopewell (Independent City), Hopewell County, Virginia
37.30472, -77.28723

Categories

ARCHITECTUREENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Hopewell Municipal Building
Industrial
0.1 mi
Downtown Hopewell Historic District
Industrial
0.1 mi
Downtown Hopewell Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)
Listed
0.2 mi
City Point National Cemetery
Listed
0.6 mi
Hopewell High School Complex
Pre Contact
0.6 mi

Nearby Battles

Ware Bottom Church Fight (May 20, 1864)
1864Civil War
1.1 mi
Petersburg – City Point landing operations
1864Civil War
1.2 mi
Action at Trent's Reach
1865Civil War
1.3 mi

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When was Beacon Theatre listed on the National Register?

Beacon Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 2000.

What type of historic resource is Beacon Theatre?

Beacon Theatre is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Beacon Theatre?

The period of significance for Beacon Theatre is recorded as the industrial era.

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