{"nrhp_refnum":"09000372","name":"Sweasey Theater-Loew's State Theater","other_names":["State Theater","Arkley Center for the Performing Arts"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"412 G St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eureka","county":"Humboldt County","state":"CA","lat":40.80259044700006,"lon":-124.16506521599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story reinforced concrete theater at 412 G Street in downtown Eureka, Humboldt County, California, built in 1920 for financier Richard Sweasey and designed by the Reid Brothers of San Francisco. It is now the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building represents the work of master architects James and Merritt Reid. It also has an Eclectic facade of high artistic value, mixing Beaux Arts, Sullivanesque and Mission features. It reflects the early 20th century development of modern theaters in downtown Eureka.","narrative":"Loew's State Theater, also called the Sweasey Theater, is a 1920 movie and vaudeville house at 412 G Street in downtown Eureka. Richard Sweasey, a local shipping and business figure, financed it, and the San Francisco firm of James and Merritt Reid designed it with local architect Franklin Georgeson. The reinforced concrete building covers its whole parcel and rises about four stories at the front and roughly six stories at the stage house. Its facade mixes cast concrete Beaux Arts ornament, a Sullivanesque arcade of paneled arches, and Mission-style towers and a shaped parapet. The theater was damaged by fires in 1929 and 1943 and was altered when it became a department store in 1973. After sitting empty from 1998 to 2003, it was rehabilitated under the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, with the ornament restored, the marquee rebuilt and the interior converted for live performance. It is listed for its architecture and for the Reid Brothers' work.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Reid Brothers (James and Merritt Reid) of San Francisco, principal architects; Franklin Georgeson, associate architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals; Other: Eclectic, Beaux Arts, Sullivanesque & Mission","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated as a tax rehabilitation project (completed 2007) and in use as a performing arts center, which opened February 2, 2007.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.664621-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09000372.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000372/7b33d56e78-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000372/7b33d56e78-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Burley Packwood","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EurekaHistoricDistrict6.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Burley Packwood</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EurekaHistoricDistrict6.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858800","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44864494"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/humboldt-county/sweasey-theater-loews-state-theater-09000372/"}