State Theater
511-515 Cumberland Street,
Lebanon,
PA
17042
511-515 Cumberland Street,
Lebanon,
PA
17042
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I don’t have much information on this theater other then it passed through a sucession of owners starting with the Hadla Theatre Corp. in 1947 followed by: Chetco Theatres Corp. 1948, George W.E. Christainson 1977, Finch/Witmer Theatres 1979, Cecelia A. Eisenhour 1985, Joellyn M. Probst 1996, ABC Holding Corp. 1999, Alan E. Celmer 2000, Cornerstone Christian Fellowship 2005.
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John Messick
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Here is a link to a photo of the State today. I hope it works.
State=PA&County=&Abbrev=LB&office=&cn=3 www.courthouseonline.com/Quimage.asp?
www.courthouseonline.com/Quimage.asp?State=PA&County=&Abbrev=LB&office=&CN=3
Here is the church site. As you can see, the marquee says “On Stage”, which may have been the last incarnation before the church:
http://www.cornerstonelebanon.com/
The State is still there serving as the Cornerstone Fellowship. It was purchased several years ago and converted into a dinner theatre type venue. The seats were removed and replaced by tables and chairs. It was renamed “On Stage”, probably because it was a cheap and easy way to change the marquee sign. It was available for private parties, and several popular music groups held concerts there. It was then sold to the owner of a local bar, who remodeled it once again, but never opened due to problems transferring his liquor license.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y5ywvst
When I go by this building I always wonder what it looked like before the ugly Perma-Stone front.