Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland)

Colonial Theatre
Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland)
Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland) is located in the United States
Colonial Theatre (Hagerstown, Maryland)
Location12--14 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland
Coordinates39°38′28″N 77°43′13″W / 39.64111°N 77.72028°W / 39.64111; -77.72028
Arealess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)
ArchitectYessler, Harry E.
Architectural styleBaroque
NRHP reference No.78001478[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 1978

Colonial Theatre is a historic theater located at 12-14 S. Potomac Street in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1914 commercial structure designed by Harry E. Yessler, a Hagerstown architect. It is three stories high, with a heavily ornamented, Baroque influenced façade. A large marquee bearing the name of the original theater projects over the sidewalk. The upper levels of the façade are constructed of glazed white blocks with gold decorative detailing, in a Palladian window shape, flanked by flat Ionic pilasters. The theatre showed films until 1973, and is now owned by a church.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Colonial Theatre". Maryland Historical Trust. 2009-01-03.