State Theater, Movie theater and music venue in Clovis, United States
The State Theater is an art deco-style theater at 504 Main Street in Clovis, New Mexico. Its facade carries a tall, vertical, cylindrical glass brick column as the centerpiece of the marquee. Historian David Kammer called it the most richly detailed example of a modernistic style theater facade in New Mexico. It now presents live musical acts rather than movies.
The State Theater opened in 1936 as a movie theater at 504 Main Street. In 2007 it was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties (SR#1899) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #355920). It now presents live musical acts instead of films. Historian David Kammer, in the Clovis Railroad and Commercial Historic District nomination, called its facade the most richly detailed example of a modernistic style theater facade in New Mexico.
The State Theater is one of three historic movie theaters in Clovis; the other NRHP-listed one is the Lyceum Theater at 409 Main Street. It no longer shows films, presenting live musical acts instead. Historian David Kammer, in the Clovis Railroad and Commercial Historic District nomination, called its facade the most richly detailed example of a modernistic style theater facade in New Mexico.
The venue is located in the heart of downtown and is easily accessible on foot. Visitors should note that the historic building occasionally requires maintenance work that may affect event scheduling.
The marquee's centerpiece is a tall, vertical column of glass brick, a feature historian David Kammer singled out when the theater was nominated as part of the Clovis Railroad and Commercial Historic District. Kammer called the State Theater "the most richly detailed example of a modernistic style theater façade in New Mexico."
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