{"nrhp_refnum":"10000305","name":"Pelham Picture House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"175 Wolf's Ln","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pelham","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.907388291000075,"lon":-73.81165958399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A movie theater built in 1921 at 175 Wolf's Lane in the village of Pelham, Westchester County, New York, on the northwest corner of Brookside Avenue and Wolf's Lane. It was built by the Pelham Theater Corporation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact example of an early-20th century movie theater in a New York City commuter suburb, with eclectic Mission-style features and an unusual angled façade facing a street corner. It is also significant as a social and cultural resource for Pelham residents, having operated almost continuously as a movie theater since 1921.","narrative":"Pelham Picture House is a movie theater at 175 Wolf's Lane in the village of Pelham, Westchester County, New York. Built in 1921 by the Pelham Theater Corporation, it sits at the corner of Brookside Avenue and Wolf's Lane, with its stuccoed front facing the corner at an angle. A high central pavilion has a round-arched entrance beneath neon lettering, and the lower end bays have tiled hoods that give the building a Mission-style look. Inside, the auditorium keeps its exposed wood trusses, though the lobby has been remodeled. The theater is notable as a small-town example of early-20th century theater design in a commuter suburb, and for its role as a gathering place. It opened in September 1921, showed its first all-talking film in August 1929, and has operated almost continuously since. It remains a working cinema, and a nonprofit group now owns it with plans to restore it and host live performances.","period_of_significance":"1921-1960","architect_builder":"unknown (built by the Pelham Theater Corporation)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mission","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an operating movie theater; acquired by a not-for-profit organization that aims to restore it and expand its uses to other performing arts events.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.47072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000305/072702c5c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000305/072702c5c2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Anthony22 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelham_Picture_House_2011.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony22 (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelham_Picture_House_2011.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323161","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_House_Regional_Film_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7161362"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/pelham-picture-house-10000305/"}