Blackstone-State Theater

Blackstone-State Theater
Blackstone-State Theater, July 2012
Location212 S. Michigan, South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates41°40′28″N 86°15′0″W / 41.67444°N 86.25000°W / 41.67444; -86.25000
Arealess than one acre
Built1919 (1919)
ArchitectHenry L. Newhouse
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSDowntown South Bend Historic MRA
NRHP reference No.85001204
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1985

Blackstone-State Theater is a historic theatre building located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, 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 theatre 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.:57

The theater was closed between 1977 and 1994, and it closed again in 2016.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.