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{{About|the building|the theater company|PlayMakers Repertory Company}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Playmakers Theatre
| name = Historic Playmakers Theatre
| nrhp_type = nhl
| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = Playmakers Theatre.jpg
| image = Playmakers Theatre.jpg
| caption = Historic Playmakers Theatre, a [[National Historic Landmark]] and former home to the Carolina Playmakers theater group
| caption = Historic Playmakers Theatre, a [[National Historic Landmark]] and former home to the Carolina Playmakers theater group
| location= Cameron Ave., [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
| location = Cameron Ave., [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
| coordinates = {{coord|35|54|43|N|79|3|2|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|54|43|N|79|3|2|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = North Carolina#USA
| locmapin = North Carolina#USA
| area = less than one acre
| area = less than one acre
| built = 1850
| built = 1850
| architect = Davis, A.J.; Town & Davis
| architect = Davis, A.J.; Town & Davis
| architecture = Greek Revival
| architecture = Greek Revival
| designated_nrhp_type= November 7, 1973<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |title=Playmakers Theatre |access-date=2008-06-19 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620032108/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-20 }}</ref>
| designated_nrhp_type = November 7, 1973<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |title=Historic Playmakers Theatre |access-date=2008-06-19 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620032108/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-20 }}</ref>
| added = June 24, 1971<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
| added = June 24, 1971<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
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| refnum = 71000605
| governing_body = State
| nrhp_type2 = cp
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| refnum = 71000605
| nrhp_type2 = cp | nocat = yes
| nocat = yes
| designated_nrhp_type2 = December 16, 1971
| designated_nrhp_type2 = December 16, 1971
| partof = [[Chapel Hill Historic District (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)|Chapel Hill Historic District]]
| partof = [[Chapel Hill Historic District (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)|Chapel Hill Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 71000604
| partof_refnum = 71000604
}}
}}
The '''Playmakers Theatre''', originally '''Smith Hall''', is a historic academic building on the campus of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. Built in 1850, it was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] for its architecture, as an important example of [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] architecture by [[Alexander Jackson Davis]].<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Playmakers Theatre|url={{NHLS url|id=71000605}} |format=pdf|date=April 7, 1971 |author=Walls, John B. |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=71000605|title=''Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1971''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;KB)}}</ref> It is now a secondary venue of the performing company, which is principally located at the Paul Green Theatre.
The '''Playmakers Theatre''', originally '''Smith Hall''', is a historic academic building on the campus of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. Built in 1850, it was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] for its architecture, as an important example of [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] architecture by [[Alexander Jackson Davis]].<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Playmakers Theatre|url={{NHLS url|id=71000605}} |format=pdf|date=April 7, 1971 |author=Walls, John B. |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=71000605|title=''Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1971''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;KB)}}</ref> It is now a secondary venue of the performing company, which is principally located at the Paul Green Theatre in the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art.


==Description and history==
==Description and history==
The Playmakers Theatre building is located in the northern portion of the UNC campus, on the south side of East Cameron Avenue next to the College of Arts and Sciences, and across Cameron from [[Old East]], also a [[National Historic Landmark]]. The building has the form of a Greek temple, built out brick with a stuccoed exterior. At its eastern end is a gabled portico, supported by fluted columns that have Corinthian capitals modified to include ears of corn and leaves of tobacco, two important North Carolina crops. The gable is fully pedimented, with modillioned eave and rake edge. The walls of the building have pilastered bays, the pilasters supporting a simple entablature.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>
The Historic Playmakers Theatre building is located in the northern portion of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC]] campus, on the south side of East Cameron Avenue next to the College of Arts and Sciences, and across Cameron from [[Old East]], also a [[National Historic Landmark]]. The building has the form of a [[Greek temple]], built out brick with a stuccoed exterior. At its eastern end is a gabled portico, supported by [[fluted column]]s that have [[Corinthian capital]]s modified to include ears of corn and leaves of tobacco, two important North Carolina crops. The gable is fully pedimented, with modillioned eave and rake edge. The walls of the building have pilastered bays, the pilasters supporting a simple entablature.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/>


Smith Hall was built in 1850, as part of a campus improvement plan begun in the 1830s. [[Andrew Jackson Davis]] had been retained to oversee alterations to [[Old East]] and Old West, and develop an overall plan for the campus. Its original purposes was as a social venue.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/> After also being used as a laboratory, bath house, and law school, it became a theater in 1923. The Theatre is the perpetual home of the [[PlayMakers Repertory Company#History of the Carolina Playmakers|Carolina Playmakers]], although as their successor, the Playmakers Repertory Company uses Paul Green Theatre as their primary venue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/campusarts/venues.aspx |title=Historic Playmakers Theatre |access-date=2008-03-08 |work=Campus Venues |publisher=Carolina Performing Arts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |title=Playmakers Theatre |access-date=2008-03-08 |work=National Historic Landmarks Program |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620032108/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-20 }}</ref>
Smith Hall was built in 1850, as part of a campus improvement plan begun in the 1830s. [[Andrew Jackson Davis]] had been retained to oversee alterations to [[Old East]] and Old West, and develop an overall plan for the campus. Its original purposes was as a social venue.<ref name="nrhpinv2"/> After also being used as a laboratory, bath house, and law school, it became a theater in 1923. The Theatre is the perpetual home of the [[PlayMakers Repertory Company#History of the Carolina Playmakers|Carolina Playmakers]], although as their successor, the Playmakers Repertory Company uses the Paul Green Theatre in the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art as their primary venue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/campusarts/venues.aspx |title=Historic Playmakers Theatre |access-date=2008-03-08 |work=Campus Venues |publisher=Carolina Performing Arts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |title=Historic Playmakers Theatre |access-date=2008-03-08 |work=National Historic Landmarks Program |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620032108/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1129&ResourceType=Building |archive-date=2009-06-20 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina]]
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[[Category:Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina]]
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Latest revision as of 20:52, 21 February 2024

This article is about the building. For the theater company, see PlayMakers Repertory Company.

Historic Playmakers Theatre
Historic Playmakers Theatre, a National Historic Landmark and former home to the Carolina Playmakers theater group
Playmakers Theatre is located in North Carolina
Playmakers Theatre
Playmakers Theatre is located in the United States
Playmakers Theatre
LocationCameron Ave., Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates35°54′43″N 79°3′2″W / 35.91194°N 79.05056°W / 35.91194; -79.05056
Arealess than one acre
Built1850
ArchitectDavis, A.J.; Town & Davis
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part ofChapel Hill Historic District (ID71000604)
NRHP reference No.71000605
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 24, 1971[1]
Designated NHLNovember 7, 1973[2]
Designated CPDecember 16, 1971

The Playmakers Theatre, originally Smith Hall, is a historic academic building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Built in 1850, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture, as an important example of Greek Revival architecture by Alexander Jackson Davis.[2][3] It is now a secondary venue of the performing company, which is principally located at the Paul Green Theatre in the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art.

Description and history[edit]

The Historic Playmakers Theatre building is located in the northern portion of the UNC campus, on the south side of East Cameron Avenue next to the College of Arts and Sciences, and across Cameron from Old East, also a National Historic Landmark. The building has the form of a Greek temple, built out brick with a stuccoed exterior. At its eastern end is a gabled portico, supported by fluted columns that have Corinthian capitals modified to include ears of corn and leaves of tobacco, two important North Carolina crops. The gable is fully pedimented, with modillioned eave and rake edge. The walls of the building have pilastered bays, the pilasters supporting a simple entablature.[3]

Smith Hall was built in 1850, as part of a campus improvement plan begun in the 1830s. Andrew Jackson Davis had been retained to oversee alterations to Old East and Old West, and develop an overall plan for the campus. Its original purposes was as a social venue.[3] After also being used as a laboratory, bath house, and law school, it became a theater in 1923. The Theatre is the perpetual home of the Carolina Playmakers, although as their successor, the Playmakers Repertory Company uses the Paul Green Theatre in the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art as their primary venue.[4][5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Historic Playmakers Theatre". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Walls, John B. (April 7, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Playmakers Theatre" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1971 (32 KB)
  4. ^ "Historic Playmakers Theatre". Campus Venues. Carolina Performing Arts. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "Historic Playmakers Theatre". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
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