Embassy Theatre (Lewistown, Pennsylvania)

	Embassy Theatre
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Embassy Theatre, April 2010
Location	6 South Main Street, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°35′49″N 77°34′34″W / 40.59694°N 77.57611°WCoordinates: 40°35′49″N 77°34′34″W / 40.59694°N 77.57611°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1927
Architect	Albert Douglas Hill; Haverstick-Borthwick Co.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	98000899

The Embassy Theatre is a historic theatre building located on South Main Street in Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1927 motion picture / vaudeville theatre, and is an excellent surviving example of theatre architecture of the 1920s. The original National Theatre building was built in 1916, and gutted in 1927 to be rebuilt as the Embassy. The front facade features eclectic Colonial Revival details. It has a rectangular marquee measuring 33 feet, 6 inches, by 10 feet, 6 inches, overall.^[2] The theatre closed in 1981, and is currently non operational and is undergoing restoration.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29. Note: This includes Paul T. Fagley (January 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Embassy Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-29.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29. Note: This includes Paul T. Fagley (January 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Embassy Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-29.

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