Modern Federal · Theaters

The 1936 art deco-style Rogers Theater in Shelby, North Carolina, is a landmark peformance-arts center and ballroom that, according to its owners, was under "aggressive restoration" at the time of this photograph in 2017

Shelby · 1850–1939

The 1936 art deco-style Rogers Theater in Shelby, North Carolina, is a landmark peformance-arts center and ballroom that, according to its owners, was under "aggressive restoration" at the time of this photograph in 2017, Shelby, 1850–1939
The 1936 art deco-style Rogers Theater in Shelby, North Carolina, is a landmark peformance-arts center and ballroom that, according to its owners, was under "aggressive restoration" at the time of this photograph in 2017, Shelby, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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