The Penn Theater, which has been closed for years, is now under new ownership and is being renovated to reopen. File photo Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Some artifacts that remained in the Penn Theater from the time it closed until its roof started leaking will be returned to the building once its renovation is complete.

Brian McCafferty, chairman of the board of directors of the city’s Redevelopment Authority, said the board voted at a Thursday meeting to give items — including two projectors, its classic theater seats and numerous movie posters — to the building’s new owner, Bryan Frenchak.

McCafferty said those items had been removed from the theater when the roof started leaking, and the board wanted to give them to Frenchak as a way of preserving the theater’s history.