93 State Street, Capitol Theater - Montpelier Historic District - Montpelier, Vermont
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N 44° 15.650 W 072° 34.701
18T E 693302 N 4903696
The theater is directly across from the Capitol Plaza Hotel.
Waymark Code: WM11FBF
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2019
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Eighty years later, the Capitol Theater is still an operating cinema. The following text is taken from the National Register of Historic Places continuation sheet cited below.
Brick, two stories, flat roof. This Art Deco style theater, built in 1939, has a green glazed brick first story and a white painted brick second story with horizontal green brick bands at the window sill and lintel level. The windows are metal three-light sash in groups of three. The building also has a stepped parapet of green brick accented by square green brick panels below.
On the right side of the building, a triangular marquee protrudes over the sidewalk and protects the three double leaf theater doors. On the left side is a large plate glass store front. The exposed side facade is brick and articulated by brick pilasters.
This theater is a rare example of the Art Deco style in Vermont which was popular at a time when there was little growth in the state. In 1978, it still had its original and unusual red Formica interior. According to building permit records, the theater was renovated in 1981 and a rear addition constructed in 1988. This theater replaced an earlier, 1916, Colonial Revival theater that was built specifically to show silent movies. Although it survived both the flood of 1927 and the Hurricane of 1938, it burned in 1939 and was demolished.