Shelburne Playhouse

Shelburne Playhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	Upper Ferndale Rd., Ferndale, New York
Coordinates	41°46′38″N 74°44′25″W / 41.77722°N 74.74028°W / 41.77722; -74.74028Coordinates: 41°46′38″N 74°44′25″W / 41.77722°N 74.74028°W / 41.77722; -74.74028
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1922
NRHP Reference #	04000284^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 15, 2004

Shelburne Playhouse is a historic theatre located at Ferndale in Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1922 as part of a small resort known as the Shelburne Hotel and used as the hotel social hall. It is a long, rectangular wood-frame building, 95 feet long and 35 feet wide. It consists of two components: a large five-by-four-bay structure that houses the main seating area / dance hall and a slightly lower three-by-one-bay entrance pavilion. The building is coated in stucco with applied wooden battens and a surmounted by a gable roof in the Tudor Revival style.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1] With Maurice Gerry, Allan Bérubé (1946–2007) coordinated its restoration and initiated its being placed on the New York State and national register.

References

1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Kathleen LaFrank (October 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Shelburne Playhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-06-26. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".

External links

"Cornell preservation students and alumni revive historic Catskill theater," By Linda Myers, Cornell University
National Register Celebrates Preservation Week -- Liberty, New York, May 2005

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York

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