 B. and S. J. Hyman built the Keith and added it to their list of theaters along with the State, Orpheum and Huntington.The new theater was constructed under the supervision of vaudeville tycoons B. F. Keith and Edward Albee, becoming a part of their Keith-Albee circuit, the premier vaudeville tour on the East Coast of the United States.The talented architect, Scottish-born Thomas W. Lamb designed the Keith-Albee.