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The Warner Theater, also known as The High Street Theater, was an historic, American movie theater that was located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Located in the West Chester Downtown Historic District, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The auditorium was demolished in late 1986; the remainder of the building was renovated and converted into the Hotel Warner. Hotel Warner today is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.




History and architectural features


Designed by the noted Chicago theater design firm of Rapp and Rapp and built by Warner Brothers, this historic theater opened on November 14, 1930. A composite of one-, two-, and three-story buildings that were created in the Art Deco style, it included a theater, restaurant and a series of seven small stores and had a two-story foyer with a three-story tower that formerly supported the marquee. The auditorium measured 83 feet by 120 feet, and originally sat 1,650, with 1,300 on the floor and 350 in the balcony.
Located in the West Chester Downtown Historic District, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The auditorium was demolished in late 1986, and the remainder of the building has been renovated as the Hotel Warner. Hotel Warner today is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.




See also


List of Historic Hotels of America




References






External links


Media related to Warner Theater (West Chester, Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons

Hotel Warner website
Boccella, Kathy (2012-08-18). "Hotel fills a longtime void in West Chester". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08.

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