Saluda Theatre

National Register Listing

Street Address:

107 Law Range, Saluda, SC (Saluda County)

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NRHP Nomination Form

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Record Number:

S10817741006

Description and Narrative:

Designed by Charles B. Thompson, the Saluda Theatre is a two-story, stuccoed masonry building constructed in 1936 as a cinema. The Saluda is significant as an unusually intact example of a small town theatre in the Art Deco style and for its role as a focal point for entertainment in the community during the 1930s and 1940s. The theatre reflects a period of motion picture theatre construction that swept the country in the 1920s and 1930s. Like most other movie theatres constructed during the second decade of the period, the building was influenced by the Art Deco style. The crisp, simple lines of the façade and the geometric designs of the interior wall finishes and lighting fixtures reveal the influence of the Art Deco style. The theatre is prominently sited in downtown Saluda across the street from the courthouse square. It was open for forty-five years, closing in 1981. Listed in the National Register December 13, 1993.

Period of Significance:

1936

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture;Entertainment/Recreation

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

1993-12-13

Date of Boundary Increase:

No Boundary Increase

Location:

Saluda County;Saluda City

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