Colonial Theatre (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)

Built in 1903, the theater was host to many theater greats including George M. Cohan, Sara Bernhardt, John Barrymore, Eubie Blake, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Billie Burke, John Philip Sousa and the Ziegfeld Follies.

The theater was designed by Pittsfield architect Joseph McArthur Vance along with J.B. McElfatrick.

Although the theater was closed in 1951, its grandeur had been protected through the years by George Miller and his son, Steven.

Miller preserved many features of the Colonial during its conversion from a theater to the Miller's Art Supply Store, making it possible to eventually restore the theater back to its earlier grandeur, a process documented in photographer Nicholas Whitman's The Colonial Theatre: A Pittsfield Resurrection.

[1] The Colonial Theatre was named by First Lady Hillary Clinton as a National Historic Treasure in 1998.