State Theatre
100 Park Street,
Tupper Lake,
NY
12986
100 Park Street,
Tupper Lake,
NY
12986
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I first discovered the State Theatre in 1976, when it was closed. Opened in July 1914 as the Palace Theatre with 500 seats, the State Theatre had closed in 1975, and in 1982, a non-profit group was organized with the goal of re-opening the State. The goal was achieved in 1984, and the State Theatre showed its first film, “On Golden Pond”, after nine years of darkness. It has remained in continuous operation since its re-opening.
The State Theatre is a small plain village theatre that recently acquired a new owner and a new format. After years of being a second run house, the State Theatre is now a first run theatre. The new owner has increased attendance through first run films and has twinned the theatre by converting the small balcony into a second theatre.
The 1930’s or thereabouts renovation added a tiled facade which is Art Deco, but the exterior housing the auditorium can kindly be described only as “very basic”.
Sally, the new owner and sucessful restauranteur, is a former projectionist who sounds like she has the energy and expertise to keep the State Theatre a viable theatre.
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Richard Grows
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The address given on this website is 100 Park Street. Also from that website, “The State Theater was originally opened in July, 1914 under the name of THE PALACE”. “Schine also renamed it as the STATE THEATRE”.
This was the State Theater in 1983.
The State (Palace) Theatre was not the Family Theatre. The Tupper Lake newspaper shows that the Family Theatre was located on Main St., in the McNeeley Block.
The State has survived the loss of both of it’s adjacent buildings. There were fires in 1957 and 1966 that took those buildings down but the theatre survived intact due to it’s thick fire walls.
This theater was not a quonset hut. this photo shows a standard boxy theater building. Quonset huts were first built in 1941 in any case, and this theater is supposed to have been built in 1914.
Who ripped the “ON GOLDEN POND” one sheet into.Boy,Iam good,bet no one else even noticed.
The following is a quote from the Tupper Lake Free Press in 1914.
“A dozen men and an equal number of teams commenced clearing away the snow in the lot adjoining the Family Theatre on March 20th, marking the beginning of what will be one of the finest theatre buildings in Franklin County, estimated to cost close to $15,000. The red barn on the property is to be removed by the contractor. B.B. Lantry, to the Paul Prespare lot in French Village.” That was the groundwork for the Palace (later the State) Theatre.
Picture of the State from 1958:
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THIS THEATRE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED
2 screens 203 total seats 135 down and 68 up.
Twinned in 1985
Official website: http://tupperlakemovies.com/
Photo of the State Theatre.
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It was twinned in 2005. Tupper Lake is declining in population and it’s really hard to stay open all winter. I’m the owner—and go to work downstate to keep it going…there are some renovations planned soon, keep tuned!