441-451 Main Street - Ferndale Main Street Historic District - Ferndale, California
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The historic Hart Theatre at 441-451 Main Street in Ferndale, California.
Waymark Code: WMJTPY
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2013
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The historic Hart Theatre at 441-451 Main Street in Ferndale, California. It is also known as the Village Playhouse, Ferndale Little Theatre, and currently houses the Ferndale Repertory Theater. This "modern" fireproof motion picture theatre of reinforced concrete was designed by the Eureka architect, Frank Georgeson. In 1920, the Englehart Paving and Constructin Company was awarded the building contract and completed the structure with a seating capacity of 425 in four months time. The theater was used for many years for silent films, traveling theatrical companies and later, talking pictures. The theatre opened and closed numerous times throughout its history and currently houses the Ferndale Repertory Theatre.
The Ferndale Main Street Historic District is associated with the dairy town of Ferndale, California. The historic district extends along Main Street from Shaw Street to Francis Street and is surrounded by historic residential neighborhoods. Buildings within the district represent two distinct architectural periods, the Late Victorian era of the 19th century (1880 - 1900) and the Early Modernistic period of the 20th century (1920 - 1936). The Victorian buildings are primarily one and two story commercial false fronts with elaborate cornices, fanciful bay windows, and glass storefronts. The Modernistic buildings are almost all one story, false front commercial structures with plain, stucco parapets and glass storefronts.
The Ferndale Main Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 1994.
More details about the buildings in the Ferndale Main Street Historic District can be found at: (
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