State Theater (Clovis, New Mexico)
State Theater | |
State Theater, Clovis, New Mexico | |
Location | 504 Main St., Clovis, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 34°24′18″N 103°12′20″W / 34.40500°N 103.20556°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1940 |
Architectural style | Moderne |
MPS | Movie Theaters in New Mexico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 06001255[1] |
NMSRCP No. | 1899 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 17, 2007 |
Designated NMSRCP | August 11, 2006 |
The State Theater is an art deco-style theater in Clovis, New Mexico, which opened in 1936.[2] It is still in use, although today it presents live musical acts rather than movies. It is one of three historic movie theaters in Clovis. The centerpiece of the marquee is a tall, vertical, cylindrical glass brick column.[3]
In 2007 the theater, at 504 Main Street, was added to both the State and National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico (SR#1899, NRHP # 355920).[4] It is one of two historic movie theaters in Clovis that are on the NRHP, the other being the Lyceum Theater at 409 Main Street. The nomination of the theater as part of the Clovis Railroad and Commercial Historic District includes the description of the State Theater by historian David Kammer as “the most richly detailed example of a modernistic style theater façade in New Mexico.”
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ New Mexico MainStreet Program. "Romance of the Cinema" (PDF). Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Don. "State Theater". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ "Application for Registration" (PDF). New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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- National Register of Historic Places in Curry County, New Mexico
- Clovis, New Mexico
- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
- Theatres completed in 1940
- Cinemas and movie theaters in New Mexico
- New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties
- 1940 establishments in New Mexico
- Moderne architecture in New Mexico
- New Mexico Registered Historic Place stubs