Colonial Theatre (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Colonial Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Colonial Theatre, November 2010
Location:	3rd and Market Sts., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°15′38″N 76°52′52″W / 40.26056°N 76.88111°W / 40.26056; -76.88111Coordinates: 40°15′38″N 76°52′52″W / 40.26056°N 76.88111°W / 40.26056; -76.88111
Area:	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built:	1836, 1912
Architectural style:	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	82001532[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 9, 1982

Colonial Theatre, also known as the Lochiel Hotel, is a historic theater and commercial building located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building consists of a five-story, brick and frame front section and a rear brick and frame auditorium. The original Colonial Theatre was built about 1836, as a hotel in the Greek Revival style and featured a four columned portico on the Market Street entrance. It was subsequently modified in form and use a number of times. In the 1870s, a mansard roof was added. The rear auditorium was added in 1912, when the building was converted from a hotel to hotel and movie / vaudeville theater. The lobby was remodeled in the 1930s / 1940s in an Art Deco style; the auditorium has Italian Renaissance style detailing. The theater and hotel closed in 1976, and the building used for offices and shops.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp.  Note: This includes Frederick L. Morgenthaler III (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Colonial Theatre" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H079280_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-12.