Initially Blairstown's Main Street Livery, the concrete structure at 30 Main Street was fashioned into a movie theatre and community hall in 1913 by early film exhibitors, Robert Roy and Raymond Smith.  Dubbed Roy's Theatre, the building opened on April 2, 1913 and began screening silent movies twice a week.  A spectacular fire on February 7, 1917 caused major damage to the theatre and destroyed five apartments adjacent to the structure.  Rebuilt and modernized, Roy's Hall reopened on July 14, 1917 and continued to show silent movies until 1930, when it was converted to "talkies."  Although the theatre survived the devastating flood of 1955 when much of Main Street was under water, the heavy competition from television was too great an adversary.  Roy's Hall was forced to close its doors on November 2, 1961. 

Roy's Hall is centrally located on Main Street in Blairstown, New Jersey, just five miles north of Interstate 80, approximately ten miles east of the Pennsylvania border and minutes away from the celebrated Delaware Water Gap park and recreational center.  Because the building is situated almost directly across the street from the Blairstown post office, it is a common site to anyone who has ever visited Main Street, especially with its bright blue facade, added in 2005. 

A 1923 photo of Roy's Hall during its days as a silent movie house.  The movie was Rags To Riches, featuring character actor, Richard Tucker, who would become the very first member of the new Screen Actors Guild in 1933.

Two newspaper ads for Roy's Hall from 1916 (above) and 1915 (below). Dustin Farnum had starred in Cecil B. DeMille's The Squaw Man in 1914 and many years later would become the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's unusual first name.  Theodore Roberts, would later play Moses in DeMille's 1923 silent version of The Ten Commandments. 

A scene from the 1980 horror film, Friday the 13th, shot in and around Blairstown.  Watch for this shot shortly after the film's opening credits. The actress, Robbi Morgan, would be appearing in Barnum on Broadway when the film opened.

Roy's Hall in 2002 after restoration work by  local school principal, Dirk Swaneveld.  New wiring and plumbing helped to bring the theatre back to life after years of neglect.

Roy's Hall in 2005, fully restored and painted a bright blue by new owner, Howard Hain, who renamed it the Nous Theatre. A series of  classical concerts played to full houses.

The theatre, once again called Roy's Hall, served as the home of The Blairstown Theater Festival from December 2006 to November 2007.  Below are photos of the restored interior.