371 S. High St., Morgantown, West Virginia. County/parish: Monongalia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 12, 1984. NRIS 84003631.
1 contributing building.
Metropolitan Theatre is a historic theater building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It opened July 24, 1924, two-and-a-half years after construction began, and consists of a single floor auditorium with balcony. The building measures 72 feet by 143 feet, and has two storefronts on the ground floor and a pool room in the basement. The front facade features fluted concrete Ionic order pilasters with egg-and-dart detail in the Classical Revival style. The theater continues to provide a home for the city's best live entertainment.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is located in the Downtown Morgantown Historic District, listed in 1996.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86535747