# Thalian Hall

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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Thalian Hall (City Hall)
| nrhp_type    = cp
| nocat        = yes
| image        = City Hall-Thalian Hall (Wilmington, NC) 2.JPG
| caption      = City Hall-Thalian Hall, September 2009
| location     = 310 Chestnut St. and 102 N 3rd St., [Wilmington, North Carolina](/source/Wilmington%2C_North_Carolina)
| coordinates  = {{coord|34|14|14|N|77|56|48|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = North Carolina#USA
| built        = {{Start date|1858}}
| builder      = Post, James F.
| architecture = Classical Revival, Late Victorian
| added        = April 3, 1970
| area         = {{convert|0.3|acre}}
| refnum       = 70000464<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
'''Thalian Hall''' is a historic [city hall](/source/Seat_of_local_government) and [theatre](/source/theatre) located at [Wilmington](/source/Wilmington%2C_North_Carolina), [New Hanover County, North Carolina](/source/New_Hanover_County%2C_North_Carolina). It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, five-bay, [stucco](/source/stucco)ed brick building with a combination of restrained [Classical Revival](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) and flamboyant [Late Victorian](/source/Victorian_architecture) design elements.  The front facade features a tetrastyle [Corinthian order](/source/Corinthian_order) [portico](/source/portico).  The Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts hosts professional, regional, and local shows to this day and is one of the most heavily utilized historic theatres in the United States.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author =Raymond F. Pisney| title =City Hall/Thalian Hall| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =March 1970| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/NH0001.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}</ref>  The building has been under the management of the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. since 1963.

It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1970.<ref name="nris"/> It is located in the [Wilmington Historic District](/source/Wilmington_Historic_District).

==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat-inline|Thalian Hall}}
*[http://www.thalianhall.org/overview Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313105323/http://www.thalianhall.org/overview |date=March 13, 2015 }}

{{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina}}

Category:Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Category:City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Category:Former seats of local government
Category:Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
Category:Victorian architecture in North Carolina
Category:Government buildings completed in 1858
Category:Buildings and structures in Wilmington, North Carolina
Category:National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North Carolina
Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina
Category:Music venues in North Carolina

{{NewHanoverCountyNC-NRHP-stub}}

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