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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Pennsylvania » Windber » Arcadia Theater
Also known as Cinema 56

Arcadia Theater

Windber, PA
1418 Graham Avenue
, Windber, PA 15963 United States
(map)
814.467.9070
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Neo-Classical
Function: Performing Arts
Seats: 600
Chain: Independent
Architect: Ralph L. Land, Henry Reinhold
Firm: Unknown
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The Arcadia was built in 1920, and opened as a vaudeville house. Soon afterwards, however, the theater was also showing silents, and eventually sound pictures.

By 1963, the original owners, the Berwind White Coal Company, put the Arcadia up for sale, and it would eventually pass to three successive owners during the 1960's and early 1970's. Around 1970, the Arcadia was renamed Cinema 56, but by 1975, the theater closed its doors.

In 1977, just as the Penn Wood Players were making plans to make the theater their new home, a disastrous flood heavily damaged the theater, and they abandoned it, and it remained vacant until 1990. At that time, the Eureka Coal Heritage Foundation acquired the Arcadia, with the intent of restoring it to it 1920s appearance, and transforming it into a performing arts venue.

It wasn't until five years later, however, that funds became available to begin the work, but since that time, the Arcadia has been beautifully renovated and brought back to life, and today hosts concerts and stage shows on its stage.

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The Arcada Theater (Official)
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Library of Congress photo
posted by TC on Mar 9, 2005 at 1:44pm
Just wanted to add that the website has changed for the Arcadia theater i currently work at the restored theater and the new website is
WWW.ARCADIATHEATER.NET Thanks Dan
posted by ARC1921 on Mar 2, 2007 at 5:34pm
Here is a photo of the Arcadia Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 14, 2007 at 12:42pm
This is a 2007 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 23, 2007 at 12:28pm
Another photo can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 28, 2009 at 7:33pm
Another photo can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 28, 2009 at 7:33pm
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