National Register of Historic Places

Dalton Theatre Building

Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia
Listed
May 6, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79003074

About this property

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. The theater was initially built for vaudeville, and had the largest stage of any theaters on the rail line from Richmond, Virginia to Tennessee. Following the development of talking films it was converted into a movie theater and showed films into the 1960s. Facing the road on the ground floor are two storefronts that originally housed a bank and a drugstore. The upper two floors were used for offices as well as apartments for visiting performers. 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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Location

Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia
37.04680, -80.77961

Categories

ARCHITECTUREPERFORMING ARTS
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Pulaski Historic Commercial District
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0.1 mi
Pulaski County Courthouse
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0.2 mi
Pulaski South Historic Residential and Industrial District
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0.4 mi
Calfee Training School
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0.4 mi
Pulaski Historic Residential District
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0.4 mi

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When was Dalton Theatre Building listed on the National Register?

Dalton Theatre Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Dalton Theatre Building?

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

What is the period of significance for Dalton Theatre Building?

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

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