Fresno Memorial Auditorium
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Fresno Memorial Auditorium | |
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Location | 2425 Fresno St., Fresno, California |
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Coordinates | 36°44′23″N 119°47′15″W / 36.73972°N 119.78750°W |
Area | 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built by | Trewhitt & Shields Company |
Architect | Allied Architects of Fresno |
Architectural style | Art Deco, Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 94000427[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 1994 |
The Fresno Memorial Auditorium, at 2425 Fresno St. in Fresno, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Besides the one contributing building, the listing included two contributing objects and a contributing site on 2.9 acres (1.2 ha).[1]
It has also been known as Veterans Memorial Auditorium. It was built during 1935–36 to accommodate a wide range of activities and performances. To take just one arbitrary example, Tallulah Bankhead performed in The Little Foxes here on January 9, 1941.[2]
It was designed in Moderne and Art Deco style by "Allied Architects of Fresno"; it was built by contractor Trewhitt & Shields Company.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Roger Bordeaux Taylor (September 14, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fresno Memorial Auditorium / Veterans Memorial Auditorium". National Park Service. Retrieved November 18, 2019. With accompanying 18 photos
Categories:
- 1935 establishments in California
- Art Deco architecture in California
- Auditoriums in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Fresno, California
- Culture of Fresno, California
- Event venues established in 1935
- Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- National Register of Historic Places in Fresno County, California
- Moderne architecture in California
- San Joaquin Valley Registered Historic Place stubs
- Fresno County, California geography stubs