Tennessee Theatre (Nashville)

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Tennessee Theatre
Tennessee Theatre (Nashville)
Address535 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
Coordinates 36°09′46″N86°46′52″W / 36.16265°N 86.78107°W / 36.16265; -86.78107
Capacity 2,028
Construction
OpenedFebruary 28, 1952
Demolished1980s
Architect Joseph W. Holman

The Tennessee Theatre was a 2,028 seat, single screen movie and stage theater at 535 Church Street, in Nashville, Tennessee was opened on February 28, 1952. [1] It was built with the designs of architect Joseph W. Holman in the shell of the 11-story, Art Deco Sudekum Building, [2] also known as Warner building, that was completed in 1932, The theater was demolished in the 1980s. The high rise office building was imploded on November 29, 1992 [2] The Cumberland Apartment high-rise now sits on the site. The theater hosted the first Grammy Awards ceremony not held in either Los Angeles or New York City in 1973 — it would be 49 years until the Grammys were held outside those two cities (Las Vegas).

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References

  1. "Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, TN - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. 1 2 "Sudekum Building & Tennessee Theater". emporis. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Tennessee Theater". Historic Nashville. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2012.