- Dock Street Theatre
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Dock Street TheatreDock Street Theatre
Location: 135 Church Street
Charleston, South CarolinaCoordinates: 32°46′43″N 79°55′48″W / 32.77861°N 79.93°WCoordinates: 32°46′43″N 79°55′48″W / 32.77861°N 79.93°W Built: ca. 1809 NRHP Reference#: 73001684 Added to NRHP: June 19, 1973 Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. It was the first building in America designed for use as a theater. [1] It is on the National Register of Historic Places. The theater reopened in 2010 after a $20 million renovation that included major improvements in resistance to dangerous seismic activity and hurricane wind events, the addition of elevators to make the facility fully wheelchair accessible, and greatly improved amenities for the audience. Dock Street Theatre is currently scheduled to reopen in May 2010.
References
Walter Edgar. "The South Carolina Encyclopedia." (2006) p. 269.
External links
- The Library of Congress: Dock Street Theatre
- Historic Charleston's Religious and Community Buildings, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- Charleston Stage Dock Street Theatre
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Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina
- South Carolina geography stubs
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