Florida Theatre

Florida Theatre
Address 128 East Forsyth Street
Jacksonville, Florida
United States
Capacity 1,900
Construction
Opened April 8, 1927
Reopened 1983
Website

floridatheatre.com

Florida Theatre
Location 128-134 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville, Florida
Coordinates 30°19′35″N 81°39′20″W / 30.32628°N 81.65563°W / 30.32628; -81.65563Coordinates: 30°19′35″N 81°39′20″W / 30.32628°N 81.65563°W / 30.32628; -81.65563
Area less than one acre
Architect R. E. Hall & Co.; Roy A. Benjamin
Architectural style Mediterranean Revival
NRHP Reference # 82001034[1]
Added to NRHP November 4, 1982

The Florida Theatre is an historic American movie theater located at 128 East Forsyth Street in Jacksonville, Florida. The theatre is one of only four remaining high-style movie palaces built in Florida during the Mediterranean Revival architectural boom of the 1920s (the other three being the Saenger Theatre in Pensacola, the Polk Theatre in Lakeland and the Tampa Theatre in Tampa). Opened on April 8, 1927, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1982.[2] On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.[3]

References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "History". The Florida Theatre. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  3. Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places


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