{"nrhp_refnum":"82003804","name":"State Theatre","other_names":["Neumeyers Vaudeville House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"454 Northampton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.69146927400004,"lon":-75.21247275299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Beaux Arts theater building on the 400 block of Northampton Street in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, combining vaudeville and motion picture facilities. It is an asymmetrical structure with a cut stone facade, a large marquee and an octagonal ticket booth.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the State is the most important remaining Beaux Arts structure in Easton and the only remaining intact vaudeville-movie house in the Lehigh Valley. It states the building has been part of the city's cultural and commercial life for almost 70 years, and that its auditorium retains most of its original features, including the Wurlitzer organ, painted backdrop and chandeliers.","narrative":"Beaux Arts theater on the 400 block of Northampton Street in Easton, with a cut stone facade, a large marquee and an octagonal ticket booth. The building was enlarged in 1910 as Neumeyers Vaudeville House and renamed the State after a 1926 remodel that tripled the auditorium and added a balcony, plaster ornament, gilded cartouches and crystal chandeliers. Early in its life it hosted area premieres of silent films, including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance by D. W. Griffith, alongside vaudeville and orchestral performances. Bing Crosby sang before the 1926 painted backdrop, which remains in the auditorium. Its auditorium, which seats about 1400, retains most original features, including the Wurlitzer organ, orchestra pit and electric prompter. The building is regarded as a rare surviving unaltered example of a combined vaudeville and motion picture house, and it remains the only active large-capacity theatrical auditorium in the Lehigh Valley.","period_of_significance":"1900-1925","architect_builder":"W. H. Lee (architect)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"The document describes the building as in good condition and in active use as a theater.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.912721-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003804.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003804/d5f6f91276-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003804/d5f6f91276-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"KForce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StateTheatreEastonPA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KForce</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:StateTheatreEastonPA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83002264","name":"Easton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/easton-historic-district-83002264/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995391","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Theatre_(Easton,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7603570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/state-theatre-82003804/"}