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State Theatre (Hamilton, New Zealand)

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The building was sold in 2001 to Bayleys Real Estate; while the building still stands, little remains of its original appearance. In late 2017 it was further modified and opened as London State Building, a three level 1,250 m (13,500 sq ft) commercial building, with 5 tenants and
173:, Ltd in the 1930s, including in Christchurch, Timaru, New Plymouth, Dunedin, Hastings, Napier and Te Kuitl. The State Theatre in Hamilton, in brick and concrete, designed by Robert MacLaurin, built for about £14,000, by W. Goodfellow and opened on 1 June 1934, was on the corner of 185:
remained in operation under that name until 1964 when, after a 10½-week renovation, it reopened as the Carlton Theatre and operated under that name until the early 1990s. After the Village Five cinemas opened in the
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parking. The gable end and moulding on the Victoria Street façade and the
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on the London Street frontage remain from the 1934 building.
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1939
1980s
Hamilton
New Zealand
Coordinates
37°46′58″S 175°16′46″E / 37.7829°S 175.2794°E / -37.7829; 175.2794
Hamilton
Amalgamated Theatres
Victoria
Western Electric
movie theater
Centre Place
shopping mall
theatres
blind arcading
"Local and general. Waikato Times"
"Waikato Times"
"Well-Equipped, Modern, Comfortable Building. Waikato Times"
"State theatre. Waikato Times"
Hamilton's Forgotten Silver Screens
"London State Building"
"Memory Box: Recycling buildings - a Hamilton example"
Missing Hamilton Architecture
1931 photo of construction
Stub icon
stub
expanding it
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