State Theater

421 Locust Street,
Columbia, PA 17512

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jschumacher
jschumacher on July 9, 2024 at 5:36 pm

The State Theatre was vacant and for lease when I visited in March 2023. In February 2024 the State Theatre Vintage Emporium opened in the building.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on August 29, 2022 at 6:57 pm

Crisper, wider version of previously posted photo with correct year and attribution.

https://www.facebook.com/Columbia-Historic-Preservation-Society-236107089521/photos/10162544589759522

dennisczimmerman
dennisczimmerman on April 19, 2009 at 11:10 am

Renewing my link.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 26, 2008 at 7:25 pm

Thanks to both. Status should be closed.

dennisczimmerman
dennisczimmerman on January 26, 2008 at 7:07 pm

The State Theatre is still standing. It is currently being used as a church. At least that was what was on the sign the other week when I drove through Columbia. It is/was a nice large one floor theatre. As a child growing up, my parents would take us there to see a movie we missed when it was playing in the Lancaster first run theatres. In those days, movies would be shown first at the downtown Lancaster theatre palaces. Then would move out to the smaller town theatres in the area. I think the State Theatre would be ripe for a reconversion to a movie theatre. Downtown Columbia has a lot to offer. There are some nice shops, a very busy Hinkle’s Pharmacy and restaurant, a number of antique shops, and the Susquehanna Glass factory has a retail store just blocks from the main street.