The_Alhambra_Theatre_(El_Paso,_Texas)

Alhambra Theatre (El Paso, Texas)

Alhambra Theatre (El Paso, Texas)

United States historic place

The Alhambra Theatre, also known as the Palace Theatre, is a building in El Paso, Texas. Opened on August 1, 1914, the building was designed by architect Henry C. Trost in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with a Moorish theme, preceding spread of the Moorish Revival style of the 1920s. The building cost $150,000. It was prepared to serve either as a playhouse for live theater or as a movie house, and included a large organ to be played with silent movies of the day.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Palace Theatre" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. 1980. Retrieved February 13, 2019. With three photos from 1979 and 1980.

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