Keswick Theatre
Appearance
![]() Keswick Theatre from Keswick Avenue | |
Address | 291 Keswick Avenue Glenside, Pennsylvania United States |
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Coordinates | 40°6′23″N 75°8′51″W / 40.10639°N 75.14750°W |
Owner | AEG Live |
Type | Theatre |
Genre(s) | music, concerts |
Capacity | 1300 |
Construction | |
Opened | December 24, 1928as a vaudeville/movie house 1981 Re-opened March 1988 Re-opened |
Renovated | 1955 as a cinemascope film house March 1988 |
Closed | 1980 December 1985 |
Architect | Horace Trumbauer |
Website | |
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Built | 1928 |
Architect | Horace Trumbauer |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 83002263[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
The Keswick Theatre is a privately owned theater in the Keswick Village section of Glenside, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It was completed in 1928 and opened on Christmas night that year. After closing in 1985, it reopened in 1988, and has hosted numerous well-known acts, bands, in addition to hosting several community events. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It has been owned by AEG Live since 2008.[2]
References
Categories:
- Music venues in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Theatres completed in 1928
- 1928 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs