Victoria Theatre was a historic
theatre located in the main commercial district of Independence Street at
Shamokin,
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted theater architect
William Harold Lee (1884-1971), and built in 1917–1918. It was located on a trapezoidal lot at 46 West Independence Street, four stories in front and in the
Beaux-Arts style of
architecture. The interior featured elaborately ornamented plaster ceilings and a central dome with a suspended
chandelier
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[ ''Note:'' This includes ] It was demolished after the
Rite Aid drug store chain acquired the lot in 1998.
cinematreasures.org: Victoria Theatre
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and unfortunately was delisted in 2004.
References
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Commercial buildings completed in 1918
Buildings and structures in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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