Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts [Worcester]
type: Item
label: Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
description: Theatre building in Worcester, USA
description: theater in Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5873
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: USA
City: Worcester
Wikidata source: Q5649435
GPS: Point(-71.8031 42.2611)
opening date: 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 2300
Address: 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA 01608
Web: thehanovertheatre.org
architect: Cutting, Carleton & Cutting
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 7388
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1902-1904 by Cutting, Carleton & Cutting. Opened 1904 as Franlkin Square Theatre. Later purchased by Sylvester Z. Poli and renamed Poli's Grand Theatre. 1926 major rebuilding and extension by Thomas W. Lamb (3500 seats), re-opened as Fox-Poli Palace Theatre. 1928 renamed Loew's Poli. 1967 renamed Showcase Cinemas. Closed 1998. 2002 acquired by the Worcester Center for the Performing Arts organization. Subseqently major renovations, converted into a performing arts center. Re-opened 14 March 2008 as Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts after a corporate sponsor. 2300 seats.