Built 1939 Opened 1939 Architectural style Art Deco | NRHP Reference # 99001398 Phone +1 304-345-7469 Added to NRHP 22 November 1999 | |
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Location 224-232 Virginia St. E., Charleston, West Virginia Address 244 Virginia St E, Charleston, WV 25301, USA Similar Charleston Civic Center, Clay Center, BancorpSouth Arena, Appalachian Power Park, Chrysler Hall | ||
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Charleston Municipal Auditorium is a historic public auditorium, located at Charleston, West Virginia.
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It was constructed in 1939 and is a monolithic concrete and steel structure of massive proportions, situated in the southwestern section of Charleston's central business district.
It is an excellent representation of the Art Deco architectural style in a public building.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
With a capacity of 3,483 (2,377 on the orchestra level and 1,106 on the balcony), the Municipal Auditorium is the largest theater in West Virginia. Concerts, graduations, Broadway stage shows and other special events, including the annual presentation of The Nutcracker, are held on the auditorium's 65-by-85.5-foot stage.
Notable moments Country music singer Hank Williams (1923-1953) was scheduled to perform a New Year's Eve show at the auditorium on December 31, 1952. Due to bad weather in Nashville TN, he was not able to fly to the venue. While en route to the New Years Day show in Canton OH, Williams died of heart failure in the back seat of his Cadillac near Oak Hill, WV.