Alhambra Theatre (El Paso, Texas)

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]

Palace Theatre
The face of the Alhambra Theatre
Photo of the Alhambra Theatre taken as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey
Located in Texas, very close to the point where the borders of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico meet
Located in Texas, very close to the point where the borders of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico meet
Palace Theatre
Located in Texas, very close to the point where the borders of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico meet
Located in Texas, very close to the point where the borders of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico meet
Palace Theatre
Location209 S. El Paso St.,
El Paso, Texas
Coordinates31°45′25″N 106°29′19″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)
ArchitectTrost & Trost
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
MPSCommercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR
NRHP reference No.80004109[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1980

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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