Booth Theater (Independence, Kansas)
The Booth Theater is a historic movie theater located at 119 W. Myrtle St. in Independence, Kansas. The building was constructed in 1911 and renovated for use as a movie theater in 1926–27. The redesigned theater was the first in Independence to be designed specifically for use as a movie theater. The Boller Brothers, an architectural firm known for their theater designs, designed the theater in a mixture of the Spanish Renaissance and Italian Renaissance Revival styles. The theater showed films until its closure in 1980.
Booth Theater | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | 119 W. Myrtle St., Independence, Kansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°13′31″N 95°42′22″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Boller Brothers |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival, Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001903 |
| Added to NRHP | October 13, 1988 |
The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.