Booth Theater (Independence, Kansas)
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The Booth Theater is a historic movie theater located at 119 W. Myrtle St. in Independence, Kansas. The building was constructed in 1911 and renovated for use as a movie theater in 1926–27. The redesigned theater was the first in Independence to be designed specifically for use as a movie theater. The Boller Brothers, an architectural firm known for their theater designs, designed the theater in a mixture of the Spanish Renaissance and Italian Renaissance Revival styles. The theater showed films until its closure in 1980.[2]
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Booth Theater | |
Location | 119 W. Myrtle St., Independence, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 37°13′31″N 95°42′22″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1911 (1911) |
Architect | Boller Brothers |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival, Italian Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 88001903[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 13, 1988 |
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The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]