{"nrhp_refnum":"99001655","name":"Goodwill Theatre","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36 Willow St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnson City","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.11394796900004,"lon":-75.95516380399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Neoclassical movie theater at 36 Willow Street in Johnson City, Broome County, New York, built in 1920 and designed by the local firm Lacey, Schenck and Cummings.","why_significant":"The theater is significant under Criteria A and C as a distinctive early twentieth century Neoclassical movie theater with a monumental temple-form facade and classically inspired interior. It is also tied to the recreation programs of George F. Johnson of the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company, who gave it to the community's workers and their families as part of his welfare capitalism policies.","narrative":"Goodwill Theatre, at 36 Willow Street in Johnson City, New York, is a three-story movie theater completed in 1920 to a Neoclassical design by the local firm Lacey, Schenck and Cummings. It has a steel and reinforced concrete frame faced in red brick, limestone and marble. The east facade centers on a temple form with four Composite columns and horseshoe-arched stained-glass windows. Inside, fluted columns flank the stage, and a blue barrel-vaulted ceiling holds a decorated central dome. George F. Johnson of the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company commissioned the theater for his workers and their families, at a reported cost of $354,497.63, and it opened on December 16, 1920. It reflects his recreation and welfare programs, including his campaign for Sunday movies. It hosted films, vaudeville, concerts and boxing matches. The seats have been removed and some plaster is damaged, yet the building keeps much of its integrity, and restoration of its decoration and colors was under way when it was nominated.","period_of_significance":"1920","architect_builder":"Lacey, Schenck and Cummings","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals (Neoclassical)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant; seats removed and plaster damaged, but the theater is described as being in the process of restoration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.075324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001655.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001655/bf3dfc1210-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001655/bf3dfc1210-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goodwill_Theatre_Feb_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goodwill_Theatre_Feb_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316571","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Theatre","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5583660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/goodwill-theatre-99001655/"}