Robey Theatre | |
Location: | 318 Main St., Spencer, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.8023°N -81.3513°W |
Built: | 1907 |
Architect: | Carmichael & Millspaugh |
Architecture: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance |
Added: | March 29, 1989 |
Refnum: | 89000182 |
Robey Theatre is a historic theater located at Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907 and extensively remodeled in 1926. It is a three-story, five bay wide Neoclassical / Italian Renaissance style building. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ticket booth flanked on both sides by two sets of double doors. Above the entrance is a marquee anchored to the second floor by chains and distinctive neon sign above. It is the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the United States.[1]
The Robey Theatre is currently owned by Aaron and Melissa Richardson.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1989.