Keith-Albee Theatre
925 Fourth Ave.
Huntington, WEST VIRGINIA 25701
CABELL County
Contact phone: 304-696-3326
Web site: http://www.keithalbeearts.org/
Latitude: 38.420748
Longitude: -82.44327
In 1928, after 14 months of construction, 550 tons
of steel, several million bricks, “high-tech” piping
and ventilation this opulent palace theatre began
as a vaudeville and movie picture house. Thomas
Lamb, the architect, far exceeded the initial
$250,000 budget which soared to an eventual $2
million sum because of the detail throughout the
grand structure. Lamb designed a theatre to seat
3,000, making it second in size at the time only to
the Roxy in New York City. The theatre still retains
the original Spanish evening decorative treatment
on the ceiling. The interior is gradually being
restored to its original “atmospheric” style. Open
to the public during events and by request. (Listed
NRHP 1986)