Palace Theater (1922)

Opened in January of 1922, the Poli’s Palace theater was built by Vaudeville impresario Sylvester Z. Poli of New Haven. The Rennaissance Revival building is the work of Thomas W. Lamb, a noted architect of theaters, who later designed the Warner Theatre in Torrington. After Poli’s retirement in 1934, it became the flagship theater of the Loew’s Poli chain and was used as a cinema and performance space until 1987. The Palace Theater has since been restored and reopened in 2004 as a performing arts center for Greater Waterbury.