{"nrhp_refnum":"79001623","name":"Proctor's Theater","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"82 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.73197268900003,"lon":-73.68971891199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Proctor's Theatre is a five-story vaudeville theatre with offices and shops on Fourth Street in downtown Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, built in 1913-1914 for F.F. Proctor.","why_significant":"It was built by F.F. Proctor, known as the \"dean of vaudeville,\" and was the largest theatre in his vaudeville circuit. It reflects the transitional period between vaudeville and motion pictures, and was considered one of the finest theatres in New York State when it opened in 1914. It is the last theatre of the movie palace era remaining in Troy.","narrative":"Proctor's Theatre is a five-story brick, marble and terra cotta building on Fourth Street in the heart of Troy's downtown commercial district. Designed by architect Arlard Johnson and built by the Charles P. Boland Company, it opened in 1914 at a cost of $325,000. The facade features rusticated columns with lion heads, engaged marble columns with gargoyle-like figures, and two towers, the most ornate rising above the entrance and marquee. Inside, a classically inspired double balcony theatre includes a gold-leaf arched proscenium with a painting of General Lafayette's 1824 visit to Troy, ten terraced boxes, and the original stage and dressing rooms. F.F. Proctor, called the dean of vaudeville, built it as the largest house in his circuit. It marks the shift from vaudeville to motion pictures and was considered among the finest theatres in New York State. By 1979 it stood unoccupied and deteriorated, yet remained the last movie-palace-era theatre in Troy.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Arlard Johnson; builder Charles P. Boland Company","architectural_style":"Classically inspired double balcony theatre","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied and in deteriorated condition at the time of the 1979 nomination; owned by the City of Troy, which had formed a volunteer group to work on its restoration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.986807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001623.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001623/815f3f8716-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001623/815f3f8716-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ProctorsTroy.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</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:ProctorsTroy.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001527","name":"Central Troy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-troy-historic-district-86001527/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctor%27s_Theater_(Troy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1775301"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/proctors-theater-79001623/"}