Palace Theatre (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Palace Theatre | |
 A modern building at the site of the former theater | |
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| Location | 12 E. 6th St., Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′9″N 84°30′46″W / 39.10250°N 84.51278°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architect | George Rapp |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004067[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 24, 1980 |
The Palace Theatre was a historic movie palace in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Constructed at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, it originally housed stage acts before conversion into a movie theater. Named a historic site because of its architecture, it was demolished in the early 1980s following years of financial failures.
Architecture
Built in the
marquee, and the other bays included one large window each, while stories three through five comprised all smaller windows, with four in the middle and two in each of the others.[2] Inside, the building was carefully constructed to minimize structural interference and to maximize visibility: although the theater was built to hold an audience of 2,600, none of the seats came near to being placed behind structural members. Instead, the ceiling was supported by a set of arches and vaults, covered with elaborate plaster details; the result was an exceptionally high-quality acoustic structure, important in the days of vaudeville.[3] The red carpet was laid out permanently in the foyer, and space was provided in the main part of the theater for an orchestra that was available to play for ever performance.[4]: 17 In 1930, the theater demonstrated its technological sophistication by installing air conditioning.[4]
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History
Designed by architect
Music Hall in Over-the-Rhine.[6]
In 1980, the Palace was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its place in local history,[1] but the designation was unable to prevent its replacement with a skyscraper.[4]: 17 Even though the theater has been gone for more than thirty years, it officially remains on the Register.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b The Palace Theater (Cincinnati, Ohio), Cornell University Libraries, n.d. Accessed 2013-12-15.
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 645.
- ^ a b c d e f Singer, Allen J. Stepping Out in Cincinnati: Queen City Entertainment 1900-1960. Charleston: Arcadia, 2005.
- ^ The Blade1978-12-21: 32.
- ^ History of Over-the-Rhine Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Kentucky University, 2006. Accessed 2013-12-16.
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