Beacon Theatre (Hopewell, Virginia)

Beacon Theatre, also known as the Broadway Theatre and Pythian Lodge, is a historic theatre building located at Hopewell, Virginia. It was built in 1928, and is a three-story, vaudeville and movie theater with storefront commercial space, second-floor apartments and third-floor meeting space. It has Colonial Revival and Art Deco style details. The building features decorative bands of flush brickwork punctuated with rectangular cast-stone corner blocks and cast-stone detailing in the parapet coping; the theater is adorned with classical plaster friezes, an elaborate proscenium, and a cove ceiling in the auditorium. The Beacon Theatre remained a theater offering live performances and movies until it closed in 1981.[3] It later reopened.[4]

Beacon Theatre
Beacon Theatre, May, 2007
Location401 N. Main St., Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates37°18′16″N 77°17′15″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
ArchitectEdwards, Osbert L.; Bishop, Fred
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.00001434[1]
VLR No.116-0010
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2000
Designated VLRJune 14, 2000[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. B.J. Loudermilk (April 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beacon Theatre" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. Hopewell Beacon Theater


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