432 State St., Schenectady, New York. County/parish: Schenectady.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 04, 1979. NRIS 79003237.
Part of Movie Palaces of the Tri-Cities TR (NRIS 64000575).
1 contributing building.
Proctor's Theatre (officially stylized as Proctors since 2007; however, the marquee retains the apostrophe) is a theatre and former vaudeville house located in Schenectady, New York, United States. Many famous artists have performed there, including Mariah Carey (whose 1993 top-rated Thanksgiving special was taped there), Britney Spears, Hal Holbrook, Ted Wiles, and George Burns, as well as many others. It has one of the largest movie screens in the Northeast.
The theatre was opened on December 27, 1926. It was designed by architect Thomas Lamb. In 1979 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places, shortly before being renovated after a long period of decline and neglect. A renovation completed in 2007 added two theatres to the complex, providing a variety of performance spaces.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314616