BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) - The Drexel Theatre, a 1937 Art Deco cinema located just outside Columbus, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Columbus Dispatch reports (https://bit.ly/1I92hwo ) the East Main Street theater is the sixth Bexley site recognized as a historic place worthy of preservation.
The designation allows the theater to apply for state and federal tax credits to use toward future renovations.
A project planned for 2016 will revitalize the Drexel’s screening spaces, lobby and iconic marquee. In addition, a restaurant-lounge on the building’s east side will be restored and construction on new restrooms has already begun.
Friends of the Drexel, a nonprofit group, purchased the financially troubled theater in 2011. Since then, the group has spent about $500,000 on renovations.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, https://www.dispatch.com
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