Blackstone-State Theater is a historic

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building located at South Bend,

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. It was built in 1919, and is a four-story,

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style brick and

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building. The first floor has four storefronts and the theatre entrance. The upper floors form a loggia that rises to the fourth floor and supported by four pairs of fluted columns. The theater originally sat 2,500 patrons. ''Note:'' This includes The theater was closed between 1977 and 1994, and it closed again in 2016. It was listed on the

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in 1985.

References

External links

State Theater website
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Theatres completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in South Bend, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in St. Joseph County, Indiana {{StJosephCountyIN-NRHP-stub