Blackstone-State Theater
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Blackstone-State Theater | |
 Blackstone-State Theater, July 2012 | |
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| Location | 212 S. Michigan, South Bend, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′28″N 86°15′0″W / 41.67444°N 86.25000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Henry L. Newhouse |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Downtown South Bend Historic MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001204[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 1985 |
Blackstone-State Theater is a historic theater building located at South Bend, Indiana. It was built in 1919, and is a four-story, Classical Revival style brick and terra cotta building. The first floor has four storefronts and the theater entrance. The upper floors form a loggia that rises to the fourth floor and supported by four pairs of fluted columns. The theater originally sat 2,500 patrons.[2]: 57
The theater was closed between 1977 and 1994, and it closed again in 2016.[3] In 2025 the South Bend Redevelopment Commission bought the theater, performed improvements, and put it up for bid.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
