Hollywood_Theater_(Leavenworth,_Kansas)

Hollywood Theater (Leavenworth, Kansas)

Hollywood Theater (Leavenworth, Kansas)

United States historic place

Hollywood Theater is a historic Art Deco theater building in Leavenworth, Kansas. Designed by Robert Boller of the Boller Brothers, it is typical of theaters that were designed to be showcases in the 1920s and 1930s. It was built about 1937 or 1938[2] and opened on July 23, 1938.[3] The historic building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[2]

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It was designed by Robert Bollers of the Kansas City, Missouri-based Boller Brothers architectural firm. It is 108 by 48.25 feet (32.92 m × 14.71 m) in plan and 44 feet (13 m) high.[2]

The theater closed in 1977 and was acquired by the city.[2] Now a performing arts center,[2] it hosts the River City Community Players.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Martha Hagedorn-Krass (September 17, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hollywood Theater". National Park Service. Retrieved June 5, 2018. With accompanying 20 photos from c.1940 and 1990
  3. [3]
    Kenneth M. LaMaster (October 9, 2017). Leavenworth. Arcadia Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4671-2679-3.
  4. [4]
    "Performing Arts Center". City of Leavenworth, Kansas. Retrieved May 31, 2018.


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