Proctor's Theater (Yonkers, New York) Explained

Proctor's Theater
Location:53 S. Broadway, Yonkers, New York
Coordinates:40.9321°N -73.8994°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for Proctor’s Theatre Yonkers
Built:1914
Architect:William E. Lehman
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:November 21, 2008
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:08001083

Proctor's Theater, also known as Proctor's Palace and RKO Proctor's, is a historic movie theater located at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. It was built 1914-1916 and operated initially as a vaudeville house. William E. Lehman was the theater's architect. It became part of the RKO Pictures circuit in 1929 and closed as a movie theater in 1973. It was subsequently converted to retail and office use.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Further reading

After the final curtain blog post (includes interior photographs)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7268/ Cinema Treasures: Proctor's Palace, Yonkers, NY