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Article: The Way It Was: Municipal auditorium; By Richard Andre
- Article from:
- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- May 12, 2002
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A Charleston landmark for over 60 years and one of the most
remarkable public buildings in West Virginia, the Charleston
Municipal Auditorium was built as a project of the Federal Works
Progress Administration and dedicated in 1939 - about the time of
this photo.
With 3,800 seats, it is one of - if not the - largest auditoriums
in a 150-mile radius. If you know of a bigger one, let me know.
Often referred to as an art-deco design, it is more correctly what
was called art moderne and is quite unique.
Much entertainment history of the ...