Full name | F. M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts |
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Former names | Comerford Theatre (1938–49) Paramount Theatre (1949–86) |
Address | 71 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-2507 |
Location | Wyoming Valley |
Capacity | 1,832 |
Construction | |
Opened | August 18, 1938 |
Architect | Charles A. Ryan |
Website | |
Venue Website | |
Comerford Theater | |
Architectural style | Moderne Deco, "Depression moderne" |
NRHP reference No. | 80003564[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 3, 1980 |
The F. M. Kirby Center (formerly known as the Comerford Theatre and Paramount Theatre) is a historic Art Deco-Moderne style movie theater located at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.