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When the original Civic Center opened in November 1958 at the cost of $2.5 million, it consisted of a 6,000-seat arena and the 750-seat "Little Theater." [ 4 ] The complex underwent its first renovation and expansion in 1964 when 2,400 additional seats were added to the arena and a paved parking lot and an ice rink were added to the facilities.
Media related to Downtown Charleston Historic District at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-218, "Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; The Scottish Rite of Charleston, West Virginia
Roughly bounded by the Kanawha River, Bradford, Quarrier, and Greenbriar Sts., Charleston, West Virginia Coordinates 38°20′16″N 81°36′53″W / 38.33778°N 81.61472°W / 38.33778; -81
Plaza Theatre, also known as the Capitol Theater or West Virginia State University Capitol Center, is a historic theatre building located at Charleston, West Virginia.It was constructed about 1912 and is a turn-of-the-century theater/commercial/office building located in a transitional business district of downtown Charleston.
Charleston Municipal Auditorium is a public auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia, as part of the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. It was constructed in 1939 and is a large monolithic concrete and steel structure, situated in the southwestern section of Charleston's central business district .
Kearse Theater was a historic theatre building located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was constructed in 1921 and composed of a single floor auditorium with balcony behind a three-story front section which included two storefronts. It was designed for stage shows as well as for movies. The theater was demolished in 1982. [2]
Eight years later the state capitol opened in Charleston. [15] The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society was headquartered in Charleston in 1890. [21] [22] In 1891, the West Virginia Colored Institute, now known as West Virginia State University, was established. The next year, Capitol City Commercial College was founded. [23]
It encompasses 444 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Charleston. The majority of the homes in the district were constructed in the mid to late 1925s and early 1930s and a portion of the district was the location of a local amusement park, Luna Park , from 1912 until 1923.