Browse Items (1 total) Tags: post and beam construction Sort by: TitleCreator Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre is one of several businesses in the Hobbs Block on East College Street. Built by William Hobbs in 1913, this building housed Oberlin’s first 300 seat theater. For years, the eastern storefront was the well-appointed Hobbs… Tags: 1910s, brick, Cinema Studies, early 20th century, movie, post and beam construction, preservation, restoration, restored, theater