State Theatre

Theatre

Art Deco theatre in Market Street, built as a cinema in 1929.

Milestones
Constructed
1929
Positions
Architect
White, Henry Eli

State Theatre

by Laila Ellmoos, 2008

 

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The State Theatre was built at the height of cinema-going in Australia, just before the 1930s Depression. It was designed to seat nearly 3,000, with room for an orchestra and a Wurlitzer organ.
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