329 Main St., Woonsocket, Rhode Island. County/parish: Providence.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 30, 1976. NRIS 76000006.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory is a historic movie theater and concert venue and commercial building at 28 Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The complex consists of two connected sections, one housing the theater, the other offices, both with retail spaces on the ground floor. The theater was designed by Perry and Whipple of Providence and built in 1926.
Initial funding came from Mrs. Norbert Champeau, a widow with interest in the theater, but the project was soon taken over by Arthur I. Darman, a local industrialist. Although it lacked the opulence of theaters in larger cities, it was one of the most elaborately decorated performance spaces in Woonsocket.
The theatre's name comes from the "stadium" style of seating, which allowed everyone in the audience a good view of the stage.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41375311