Town Theatre

{{for|the former Town Theater in Hillsboro, Oregon|Venetian Theatre}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Town Theatre

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| image = Town Theater.jpg

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| location = 1012 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|34|0|0|N|81|1|51|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = South Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1924}}

| architect = Jenkins, Harry; Hamby, Arthur W.

| architecture = Art Deco

| added = October 9, 1974

| area = {{convert|0.3|acre}}

| refnum = 74001873{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Town Theatre is a historic community theatre located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a rectangular brick building with a two-story glazed central arch with Art Deco influences. A brick annex was added to the rear of the building in the 1950s. It houses one of the first community theatres in the United States.{{Cite web |author =Betty Myers and Claire Randall| title = Town Theatre| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = May 1974 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740029/S10817740029.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2014-01-07}}{{Cite web | title =Town Theatre, Richland County (1012 Sumter St., Columbia) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740029/index.htm | accessdate =2014-01-07}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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