Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Palace Theater

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,916 words across 16 pages, filed in 1979. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 79001949, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 605 Market Avenue, North NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER: vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR Col umbus 039 LOCATION OBJECT DATE CODE COUNTY 4/76 STATE GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY EDUCATIONAL OWNERSHIP 151 PUBLIC STATUS Market and Tuscarawas COURTHOUSE.
STRUCTURE 16th NAME Stark Palace Theater Ohio Historic Inventory _COMMERCIAL TITLE MILITARY XUNOCCUPIED Ohio XBUILDING(S) _TRANSPORTATION DATE ENTERED 1200 Harter Bank Bldg. _RELIGIOUS HISTORIC -ENTERTAINMENT Canton,Ohio PH0678252 FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVED MAR 15 1979 _INDUSTRIAL _MUSEUM - PARK -BOTH Heirs of H.H. Ink Attorney: Steve Thompson _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY _LOCAL APR261979 7 DESCRIPTION X.ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The extremely lavish interior is divided into the lobby, foyer, mezzanine area, and audi- mezzanine are the mens smoking rooms and ladies lounge, both with Spanish period CONDITION UNEXPOSED furnishings. EXCELLENT DETERIORATED XUNALTERED XGOOD CHECK ONE side walls resembling a terraced garden with round arched windows and balconies from the pilasters. interesting feature of the foyer are the original paging phones near the double doors and the staircase with a balustrade of wrought iron painted an antique green and gold The first-story houses the main entrance with overhanging marquee and one undecorated above the doors and is topped by the marquee which has scroll-like cut-outs. theater with Spanish Churrigueresque motifs.
hold copies of masterpiece sculpture within niches.Beneath the false balconies are the walls.On either side of the stage are Dutch gabled shrines with false balconies that and green pilasters at the corners.A plain billboard with moveable letters is directly The Palace Theater is a rectangular brick masonry theater designed as an atmospheric These features are repeated on one segment of the adjacent side elevation. of a dark outdoor evening.
The wall surface above the first level is dominated by a 56 foot high sign proclaiming the middle of the corner segments and a grouping of 4 segmental-arched windows at their 2l00 seats are within what appears to be an outdoor garden highlighted by the baroque The auditorium is an outstanding example of Eberson "atmospheric" theater design.The formed of pointed finials and droplet-like cap molding along the top of the facade between the"PALACE,"and terra cotta pilasters and turrets.The pilasters,with twisted rope -RUINS The pilasters are topped by crop-like finials, and each segment of the facade features leads to the mezzanine level. Plateglass separates the foyer from the auditorium. An The mezzanine has three alcoves, each with a copy of a masterpiece sculpture produced by Eberson's Michael Angelo Studio, and a Off the Dutch gable and supports the large "PALACE" sign.
There are terra cotta cartouches in side exists.The corridors of the exits are painted dark blue to create the impression the illusion of the outdoors through careful painting and lighting. moldings and entwined curvilinear markings, divide the facade into five unequal segments. the carpeted foyer that features an alcove with fountain and a stairway at one end that There are false torium with balcony and stage.The entrance leads immediately into the lobby with high that contrast with the hand rails of brass. cast plaster freize depicting the triumphant return of Frederick the Great. The center and corner segments of the facade have distinctive elements.The center has a projecting.brick headers in vertical and horizontal patterns.:There is a battlement detailing developed by the Churriguera brothers.in 18th century Spain.Eberson created Form No. 10-300a (Hev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 15 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 2 6 1979 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Canton, Stark County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET The ceiling is a large dome which curves down behind the false side walls that create all light gradations from darkness to dawn and these light episodes were a of the stage, as is the three manual pipe organ, designed especially for the theater. RECEIVED Palace Theater part of each days entertainment. The interior is virtually unaltered except for some seat changes of the orchestra are suspended from wires and formal shrubbery is painted on the walls behind the FOR NPS USE ONLY further enhances the outdoor effect.Small lights are set within the ceiling in DATE ENTERED seats and some recent water damage to the ceiling plaster. 28 feet deep.
There is a sub-stage floor with ten dressing rooms, chorus rooms, musicians lounge, and musical library.The orchestra pit is immediately in front The stage was designed for large-scale theater productions and is 52 feet wide and false walls to add to the illusion.The lighting on the ceiling was designed to AREAS OF

Statement of significance

"atmospheric" movie theater of the 1920s. The Palace was one of the major movie executed example of the Spanish motifs, particularly Churrigueresque, frequently Bernstein, a partner in a local movie theater, talked Ink into building a grand movie John Eberson, at that time living in Chicago, is considered as one of the two main architects of movie palaces in the country during the 1920s, the other being Thomas Lamb.
Eberson was responsible for a number of innovative theater designs during his Ink soon began the construction of his theater on one of his downtown lots but died heralded the event as "the inauguration of a new standard of excellence and artistic 1400-1499 1700-1799 ART 1800-1899 LAW 1500-1599 RELIGION 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PHILOSOPHY SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD EDUCATION SCULPTURE XARCHITECTURE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT MILITARY LITERATURE X1900- _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT of an outdoor open-air setting.Eberson designed a grand Spanish Churrigueresque films, together with shorter news reels and comedies. Later road companies produced _TRANSPORTATION and formed the Michael Angelo Studios comprised of skilled decorators to handle this success had made the theater possible.
porated the giraffe trademark of Tonseline in one primary panel, since its financial _CONSERVATION theaters in Canton during the period of opulent cinema theaters, and was the scene -COMMUNICATIONS vaudeville; and actual theater productions.Architecturally it isan extremely well of a wide variety of social events in the city's history revolving around films, live theater in the Palace and held street parades on the day of the performance.In SPECIFIC DATES 1926 _ENGINEERING the 1930s, the theater began an active program of civic service with school events, to construct a public structure within the downtown in honor of the city, and Sol The Palace Theater is a virtually unaltered and outstanding example of the Eberson beauty" in the city.The Theater provided split bills of vaudeville and feature The Palace opened on November 22, 1926 with an elaborate ceremony and the showing of found in American architecture of the l920s.
-COMMERCE theater for his Canton client in l925. development of the atmospheric" theater in the early 1920s which created the illusion with the big bands. - ECONOMICS _SCIENCE - INDUSTRY _OTHER (SPECIFY) businessman, Harry H. Ink. Ink made his fortune from a sore throat remedy, Tonseline, career in the first half of the 20th century. Foremost among his designs was the Players Guild, merchants shows, and operas. Stage shows were revived in the 1940s INVENTION BUILDER/ARCHITECT John Eberson Bernstein was also instrumental in obtaining the services of John Eberson as trouble finding contractors capable of creating his lavish Baroque inspired designs

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Society, 1958. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA QUADRANGLE NAME Canton East QUADRANGLE SCALE.. UTM REFERENCES 14,5l1,616,4,0) VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The Palace Theater is located on Lot 6098 in the City of Canton which measures STATE X 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER I 71 & 17th Avenue CITY OR TOWN Columbus, Ohio 43211 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION GPO 921-803 COUNTY CODE NORTHING ORGANIZATION DATE TELEPHONE LOCAL 11/27/78 David Simmons 1:24000 614/466/1500 Ext.336 ZONE EASTING Ohio Historic Preservation Office Edward T.Heald.The Stark County Story.4vols.Canton:The Stark County Historical 60'X112'. Canton Repository, November 21, 1926. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ZONE ATTEST: Ben M. Hall.The Golden Age of the Movie Palace.New York:Clarkson N.Potter,1961. 3:23.29 Form No.
10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 2 6 1979 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Canton, Stark County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET the Palace Committee" has recently been formed, however, to attempt to return PAGE RECEIVED Palace Theater Television and suburban low budget theaters combined to make the operation DATE ENTERED ITEM NUMBER the theater to its original place in Canton society. (Hev. 10-74) of the Palace Theater very tenous, and it has been vacated.
Some of the Inventory _ Send-back _ Re-submit - OTHER HAER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL TECHNICAL Maps Review Property HISTORIAN National Register Write-up State United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF 3-23.79 3.23.29 DK3.15.79 Photos Entered APR 2 6 1979 Palace e Palace Theater, Canton, Stark County, Ohio Photo: Rebecca Pratt, South Building, Canton, Ohio APR 2 6 1979 View of exterior facade. Photographer looking Negatives: Downtown Commission,Central Plaza, MAR 15 1979 west.
Photo: Rebecca Pratt, 11/78 Negatives : Downtown Commission, Central Plaza, South Building, Canton, Ohio Photo #2 of 5 View of southern wall of auditorium Palace Theater, Canton, Stark County, Ohio MAR 15 1979 November 1978 Photo: Rebecca Pratt, 11/78 South Building, Canton, Ohio APR 2 6 1979 MAR 15 1979 Palace Theater, Canton, Stark County, Ohio View of stage area from balcony Negatives: Downtown Commission, Central Plaza November19# Photo #3of5 Taken by Rebecca Tratt C.0:0000 Palace Theater, Canton, Stark County, Ohio Photo: Rebecca Pratt, 11/78 Negatives: Downtown Commission, Central Plaza South Building, Canton, Ohio November 1978 Taken by Rebecca Pratt View of northern wall of auditorium MAR 15 1979 Photo #4 of5 Palace Theater, Canton, Stark County, Ohio Photo: PIX by BIX , 9/78 919 Clinton Avenue, S.W.
Canton, Ohio APR 2 6 1979 Photo #5 of 5 tion of theater View from air showing western and rear por MAR 15 1979 Palace Theater UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANTON EAST QUADRANGLE CANTON EAST, OHIO UTm Reference 17 468440 9516 640 CHIO-STARK CO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAR 15 1979 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Chalmers P. Wylie Location Byers/bjr Saxton House Director STATE Canton Holmes County Name Columbus Palace Theater 5/2/79 The Ohio Historical Society Shull-Lugenbuhl Farm Winesburg vicinity Honorable Ralph Regula Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable John M. Ashbrook Date Entered Franklin County Holy Cross Church, Rectory and School For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Honorable John H.
Glenn Stark County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate7lat 17th Avenue 79001949 APR 26 1079