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	Robey Theatre
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The theater in 2010
Location	318 Main St., Spencer, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°48′8.3″N 81°21′4.8″W / 38.802306°N 81.351333°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1907
Architect	Carmichael & Millspaugh
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	89000182
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1989

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Robey Theatre is a historic theater located at Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907 and extensively remodeled in 1926. It is a three-story, five bay wide Neoclassical / Italian Renaissance style building. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ticket booth flanked on both sides by two sets of double doors. Above the entrance is a marquee anchored to the second floor by chains and distinctive neon sign above. It is the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the United States.^[2]

The Robey Theatre is currently owned by Aaron and Melissa Richardson.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1989.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Thomas Swift Landon (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robey Theatre" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

External links

Media related to Robey Theatre, Spencer at Wikimedia Commons

Robey Theatre website

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[dhr-2] Thomas Swift Landon (November 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robey Theatre" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

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-'''Robey Theatre''' is a historic [[theater]] located at [[Spencer, West Virginia|Spencer]], [[Roane County, West Virginia]]. It was built in 1911 and extensively remodeled in 1926.  It is a three story, five bay wide [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] / Italian Renaissance style building. It has 17 rooms, 6 baths and a full basement. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ticket booth flanked on both sides by two sets of double doors. Above the entrance is a [[marquee]] anchored to the second floor by chains and distinctive neon sign above.  It is one of the oldest continuously operating movie theaters in the United States.<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/roane/89000182.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robey Theatre|date=November 1988|accessdate=2011-07-09 |author=Thomas Swift Landon|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}</ref>
+'''Robey Theatre''' is a historic [[theater]] located at [[Spencer, West Virginia|Spencer]], [[Roane County, West Virginia]]. It was built in 1907 and extensively remodeled in 1926.  It is a three-story, five bay wide [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] / Italian Renaissance style building. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ticket booth flanked on both sides by two sets of double doors. Above the entrance is a [[marquee (sign)|marquee]] anchored to the second floor by chains and distinctive neon sign above.  It is the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the United States.<ref name="dhr">{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/roane/89000182.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robey Theatre|date=November 1988|accessdate=2011-07-09 |author=Thomas Swift Landon|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}</ref>
+The Robey Theatre is currently owned by Aaron and Melissa Richardson.
-It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989.<ref name="nris"/>
+It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 29, 1989.<ref name="nris"/>
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+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Roane County, West Virginia]]
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