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Ridglea Theatre | |
 Ridglea Theater in 2019 | |
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| Location | 6025-6033 Camp Bowie Blvd. & 3309 Winthrop Ave., Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°42′17″N97°32′34″W / 32.70472°N 97.54278°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built by | Loffland and Luther |
| Architect | Pettigrew and Worley |
| Artist | Eugene J. Gilboe |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Website | The Ridglea |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000982 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 30, 2011 |
The Ridglea Theater is a single-screen theater located in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, which opened in December 1950. Its primary owner was the Interstate theater chain, and the first movie shown was Pretty Baby . The theater is well known for its Mission/Spanish Revival facade and 70-foot stone tower. In 1990, a Dallas-based investment company acquired the theater for 1.85 million dollars, and the Maulsby trust purchased the building in 1991. The theater is currently[ when? ] going through a multimillion-dollar renovation.
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 2011.
