New Theatre -- Ft Smith AR
N 35° 23.115 W 094° 25.275
15S E 370914 N 3916694
The New Theatre (built 1911) is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places
Waymark Code: WMN7QF
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2015
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The very cool Beaux-Arts style New Theatre in downtown Fort Smith was named to the US National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The Nomination form can be found through the Preservation Arkansas website here: (
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"SUMMARY
Located at 9 North 10th Street in Fort Smith, the New Theatre was modeled after tHE New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. Built in 1911 the two-story building is an excellent example of a small-scale Classical Beaus-Arts theater building. Typical of the Beaux-Arts style, exterior detailing on the 10th Street elevation includes glazed terra cotta brick, large rusticated terra cotta bricks, ornate trim, scroll brackets, and elaborately bordered cartouches. Particularly noticeable is a decorative grotesque depicting the Roman god Neptune that serves as the keystone for a large segmental arch. A 1922 secondary entrance facing Garrison Avenue was separated from the building and is now under separate ownership. This entrance is not includED in the nomination.
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Typical of the Beaux-Arts style, exterior detailing New Theatre includes glazed terra-cotta brick; large rusticated terra cotta bricks, ornate scrolling and brackets, and elaborately bordered cartouches. Particularly noticeable is a decorative grotesque depicting the Roman god Neptune that serves as the keystone for a large segmental arch. The interior barrel-vaulted corridor is decorated by ornate plaster adornment, as well as huge circular light fixtures covered with a leaf and flower motif. For these reasons, the New Theatre is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C with local significance."