Thomas W. Lamb

This article is about Thomas W. Lamb, American theater designer. For the industrial designer, see Thomas Lamb

Interior of the B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, Boston, designed by Lamb and opened in 1928.

Lobby of the Capitol Cinema in Ottawa, Canada, considered one of the best theatres designed by Lamb.

Thomas White Lamb (1871 - 1942) was one of the foremost American theater and cinema architects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is noted for designing New York's Ziegfeld Theatre, as well as Madison Square Garden. Lamb's architectural archive is held by the Drawings and Archives Department of Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University.

Theatres designed by Lamb

• United States
  • Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City
  • Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
  • Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, New York
  • Midland Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
  • B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Warner Theatre, Torrington, Connecticut
  • Keith-Albee Theater, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, Alabama (1924, consultant)
  • Fox Theatre (San Francisco), San Francisco, California
  • RKO Keith's Theatre, Flushing, NY
  • State Theater, Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Ohio Theater, Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland, Ohio
• Canada
  • Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre, Windsor
  • Capitol Cinema, Ottawa
  • Canon Theatre, Toronto
  • Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, Toronto
  • Uptown Theatre, Toronto

• India
  • Metro Cinema, Mumbai

Other Designs

In 1920, Lamb designed for himself a private summer home in the Adirondacks just outside of Elizabethtown, New York. The house, which is still extant as a residence, is situated on the Boquet River. The eight-bedroom manor, referred to today as Cobble Mountain Lodge, is a shingle and cobble stone design marked by the whimsy of a stone turret.

External links

• Theatre Historical Society of America - American Theatre Architecture Archives
• Cinema Treasures' List of theatres designed by Thomas Lamb.