Alhambra Theatre (El Paso, Texas)

Palace Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Photo of the Alhambra Theatre taken as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey
Palace Theatre Show map of Texas Palace Theatre Show map of the United States
Location	209 S. El Paso St., El Paso, Texas
Coordinates	31°45′25″N106°29′19″W / 31.75694°N 106.48861°W / 31.75694; -106.48861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914 (1914)
Architect	Trost & Trost
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial Revival
MPS	Commercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR
NRHP reference No.	80004109 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 1980

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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal
• Texas portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas

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.

External links

Media related to Palace Theater (El Paso, Texas) at Wikimedia Commons