State Theatre (St. Petersburg, Florida)

The Floridian Social Club (formerly the State Theatre) is a Beaux-Arts style concert venue in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[citation needed] During part of 1927, the building was occupied by the Gregory Electric Refrigeration Company but by 1928 sat vacant.

After Fidelity's liquidation in 1931, the building was used for a succession of small office tenants until 1949 when it was remodeled by Archie Parrish into the State Theatre.

[8] The now re-opened and remodeled venue hosts concerts for local, regional and national musical acts, as well as special events.

The bays are defined by engaged pilasters expressed as a series of quoins above a projected water table base topped by an ionic capital with an attached swag.

Each of the three main bays contains a pair of ionic columns on a block base supporting a banded arch with an engaged keystone with an acanthus motif.

[citation needed] A stylized bas-relief eagle fills the space between the sides of the three arches and the engaged pilasters.