Ohio Theatre (Mansfield)

Infobox_nrhp | name = The Renaissance
nrhp_type =


caption = The Renaissance
location = 138 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 45
lat_seconds = 32
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes = 31
long_seconds = 16
long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built = 1927
architect = Multiple
architecture = Other
added = May 31, 1983
governing_body = Private
mpsub = Mansfield MRA
refnum = 83002040cite web|url=http://www.rparts.org/content/view/67|title=The Renaissance|accessdate=2008-03-10|work=|publisher="History of The Renaissance"] The Ohio Theatre, now called The Renaissance, is a historic restored movie palace theater in downtown Mansfield, Ohio. The 1,600 seat theater opened on January 19, 1928 as the Ohio Theatre and serves today as the largest performing arts center in North-Central Ohio. It has had guests such as Bill Cosby, President George W. Bush, and many other very successful men and women. The Renaissance is home to the Miss Ohio Scholarship Pageant.

In August 1980, the Ohio Theatre became "The Renaissance Theatre" until January 1997 when the theater would become "The Renaissance" when it merged with the Mansfield Symphony.cite web|url=http://www.rparts.org/content/view/67|title=The Renaissance|accessdate=2008-03-10|work=|publisher="History of The Renaissance"] On May 31, 1983, The Renaissance was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov|title=National Register Information System|accessdate=2008-03-10|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The original building was completely restored in 1985 at a cost of $2.25 million.

ee also

*List of concert halls

References

External links

* [http://www.rparts.org/ The Renaissance home page]