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Opened to the public: 6:30 p.m., January 17, 1941
Architect: David Supowitz, Philadelphia
Architectural style: Art Deco
Builder: Albert Boyer
General Contractors: D.A. McKinney, Sunbury, PA
Original owners: The Stiefel Brothers--Oscar, Harold, Barney, and Morris
First movie: Love Thy Neighbor, starring Jack Benny and Fred Allen
Original ticket price: 25/35 cents for adults, 10/15 cents for children (plus 3 cent defense tax)
Longest management tenure: Harold Stiefel, son of Morris Stiefel, 1953-1988
Size of the auditorium: 50 by 120 feet
Present number of seats: 530
Original number of seats: 717
Longest employment tenure: 60 years, 1941-2001 (Nettie Meachum, box office cashier)
Height of interior murals: 12 feet
Auditorium walls: Walnut finished wood base and special acoustic plaster
Interior: Bucknell University-inspired images: bison and athletes


The Campus Theatre . Lewisburg, PA . 570-524-9628