The F. M. Kirby Center is a historic Art Deco-Moderne style movie theater located at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Comerford Theater was built in 1937 as an Art Deco-Moderne style theater building on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. The building takes an irregular trapezoidal shape. It is of steel …
The F. M. Kirby Center is a historic Art Deco-Moderne style movie theater located at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Comerford Theater was built in 1937 as an Art Deco-Moderne style theater building on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. The building takes an irregular trapezoidal shape. It is of steel frame and brick construction with a four bay wide, terra cotta and marble front facade. The front facade features a stylized ziggurat composition, a central tower, corrugated steel decoration, and a marquee. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Location: Wyoming Valley
Capacity: 1,832
Opened: August 18, 1938
Architect: Charles A. Ryan
Architectural style: Moderne Deco, "Depression moderne"
Full name: F. M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
Former names: Comerford Theatre (1938–49) · Paramount Theatre (1949–86)
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