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 Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building - St. Joseph, Missouri Posted by:  iconions
N 39° 45.952 W 094° 51.070
15S E 341441 N 4403410
This two-story buff terra-cotta complex is located at 713-721 Edmond Street (theater) and 112-128 South 8th Street (theater building).
Waymark Code: WMYFDH
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2018
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The Missouri Theater in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri, faces south and measures 76'6" (north and south) by 139' 9" (east and west). The two story Missouri Theater Building which abuts the theater on the east measures 63'6" (north and south) by 139'9" (east and west). These buildings are connected by a doorway at the theater's mezzanine level. Originally, additional connecting doors were located at orchestra and mezzanine levels.
The buff terra-cotta and red and blue enameled tile faced exterior of the Missouri Theater owes its character to Moorish prototypes. Its three-bayed primary facade is dominated by Art Deco piers, a central horse-shoe arch and other Moorish inspired polychrome and trefoil arched embellishment. The original marquees and arcuated parapet once emphasized the verticality of this design more than the present arrangement.
The Missouri Theater Building abuts the theater on the east. Its brick exterior is richly ornamented with varied motives in applied terra-cotta at the unaltered second floor level. The first floor level has been altered through the modernization of its storefronts.
- National Register Application
The Missouri Theater and the Missouri Theater Building adjoin each other in St. Joseph, Missouri. The Missouri Theater was built as a cinema in the atmospheric style, using a combination of Art Deco and Moorish detailing. The Missouri Theater Building was built as a companion, and both were completed in July 1927.
The Missouri Theater was designed by noted theater architects Boller Brothers of Kansas City, Missouri, with sculpture by Waylande Gregory. It was constructed by the Capital Building Company of Lincoln, Nebraska for local attorney and promoter Joseph Goldman. The theater has a single balcony that looks over a house designed to resemble an open tented courtyard, decorated with details borrowed from Assyrian and Persian architecture. While the theater was principally designed for movies, it could also be used for live performances, with dressing rooms, a fly loft and an orchestra pit. It also featured a Wurlitzer theater organ.
The Missouri Theater operated as a cinema until 1970. For the next few years it operated as a community theater, and was purchased by a community group in 1976. In 1978 the city of St. Joseph bought the theater for use as a performing arts center. The theater and office building were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District.
The theater was renovated in 2002. A 1960s canopy was removed and the marquee was restored.
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