West Virginia Historic Theatre Trail brochure

Robey Theatre318 Main St., Spencer, WV304.927.1390www.robeytheatre.com15The Robey Theatre was built by Hamond Robey in1911 specifically for the exhibition of films. Robeymoved his theatre operations several times withinSpencer before he erected the 1911 building; hedecided to expand and remodel this theatre in thesummer of 1926. Completed by the architecturalfirm of Carmichael and Millspaugh, this $100,000remodeling, with the exception of a few later minorchanges, remains intact today. The remodeling,changed the facade and enlarged the stage andthe theatre was reopened with much pomp andceremony. In the late 1920’s the Robey was oneof the first theatres in the area to install soundequipment. It is open to the public at 7 p.m. 364days a year. (Listed NRHP 1989)REGION 3 | WESTRobey Theatre