Apollo Theatre
a.k.a. Martinsburg/Berkeley County Civic Center
128 E. Martin St, Martinsburg, WVThe Apollo Theatre, located in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia is historically significant as one of the first theatres built in West Virginia primarily for the then-new media of motion pictures. It is also significant as an architectural work by an architect who was later to become nationally notorious.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The first electric railroad in the world was built in West Virginia in 1888. The line ran between Huntington and Guyandotte and was powered by electricity generated from a hydroelectric plant on the Ohio River.