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Apollo Theater
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Location 254 West 125th Street
Manhattan, New York City
Built 1913–1914
Architect George Keister
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 83004059
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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.

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