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Apollo Theater
Harlem - Apollo Theater (48555309512).jpg
(2019)
Location 254 West 125th Street
Manhattan, New York City
Built 1913–1914
Architect George Keister
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 83004059
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 17, 1983

The Apollo Theater is a music hall located at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It is a known location for African-American performers, and is the home of Showtime at the Apollo.

In 1983, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.


Images for kids

  • Vu (magazine) N°77

    Adelaide Hall 1929

  • Apollo Theater NYC

    (2015)

  • Apollo Theater from the stage

    The inside of the theater as seen from the stage


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