<Tr> <Th> Added to NRHP </Th> <Td> November 17, 1983 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designated NYCL </Th> <Td> June 28, 1983 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr . Boulevard (formerly Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (formerly Eighth Avenue) in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is a music hall which is a noted venue for African - American performers . It was the home of Showtime at the Apollo, a nationally syndicated television variety show which showcased new talent, from 1987 to 2008, encompassing 1,093 episodes . </P> <P> The theater, which has a capacity of 1,506, opened its doors in 1914 as Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater, and was designed by George Keister in the neo-Classical style . It became the Apollo in 1934, when it was opened to black patrons--previously it had been a whites - only venue . In 1983, both the interior and exterior of the building were designated as New York City Landmarks, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places . It is estimated that 1.3 million people visit the Apollo every year . </P>

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