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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Florida » St. Petersburg » State Theatre

State Theatre

St. Petersburg, FL
687 Central Avenue
, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
(map)
727.8953045
Status: Open
Screens: Unknown
Style: Unknown
Function: Concerts
Seats: 500
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Archie G. Parish
Firm: Unknown
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The State opened in 1949 in a building originally built in 1924 as a bank. It closed in 1982. The theater mostly hosts live concerts but has recently hosted the Renegade Films' Saints and Sinners Film Festival.
Contributed by TC

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Photo at this link:

http://www.floridahistory.org/westcoastfla/arch2/stpetersburg/sttheate.jpg
posted by TC on Feb 16, 2005 at 6:03am
The State was a conversion of a 1924 built former bank building. The architect of the conversion was Archie G. Parish and he created an 825 seat auditorium that had a free floating screen on the back wall that had concealed coloured lighting behind it. It was equipped for screening 70mm movies with stereo sound.

It had closed as a movie theatre by 1982.
posted by KenRoe on Mar 24, 2005 at 1:49pm
Actually only the Center theater in downtown St Petersburg had 70mm projectors. The State did have CinemaScope. The State also seated only around 500 people. My father and grandfather owned both at one time. In fact, they were the ones that convert the State into a theater
posted by RockS on May 30, 2005 at 9:32am
RockS;
Thanks for your corrections.
posted by KenRoe on May 30, 2005 at 10:49am
Built in 1924 as the Alexander National Bank. Original architect was Neel Reid. The building became a movie theater in 1949.
posted by Lost Memory on Jun 14, 2005 at 4:34pm
This is a recent photo of the State Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 15, 2006 at 3:42am
Here is a 2008 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 19, 2008 at 5:55pm
State Theatre website

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 31, 2008 at 7:08pm
This theatre opened on May 1st, 1950, and the ad can be found on this newspaper page at http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c8YKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4225%2C132244
posted by Mike Rivest on Sep 13, 2008 at 2:46pm
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