Center Theatre
Main Street,
Woodbourne,
NY
12788
Main Street,
Woodbourne,
NY
12788
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Designed by Abraham Okun in the Streamline Moderne style. It is also known as the Peace Theatre, as its lobby is decorated with the Woodstock Peace Painting (a large mural painted in the 1970’s after the music festival). The theatre is supposedly being renovated although there are no signs of any work as of 2005. I went to see a movie there in the late-1970’s “Roller Coaster”.
The theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001
Center Theatre (added 2001 – Building – #01000170)
Also known as Woodbourne Theater
NY 52, Woodbourne
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Okun, Abraham H., Sacks, Jacob Bernard
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
Here is a photo of the Center Theater building.
This is a 1988 photo.
A 2009 photo is here.
Well, I am sorry to say that in 2010 the building does not look any better.
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I can only hope that the plywood covering the entrance doors is there for protection and not because the Deco doors are missing.
Pity it will rot.
I drove by here yesterday and is’s still like the above photos.
Here’s a blog post and some recent photographs of the Center Theatre.
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I remember the Center theater from way back in 1953. We called it the Woodbourne Theater. Nothing lasts forever, even people.
There was a restaurant just over the Neversink River that served the most delicious pizza that I’ve ever tasted.
The River Tavern overlooking the Neversink