Ace Theatre
National Register of Historic Places

Ace Theatre

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Listed
June 12, 2016
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
16000359

About this property

Ace Theatre in Miami, Florida, is an Art Deco commercial structure constructed in 1930 in Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood. On July 1, 2014, the site was designated as a local historic resource. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 13, 2016. The Wolfson-Meyer Theater Company, later Wometco Enterprises, owned the theater since its construction in 1930 until 1979, when the building was purchased by Harvey Wallace. The Wallace family founded Ace Development Co., the theater's current owner. In the 1950s, Ace Theatre was the only film venue to serve the black community in Coconut Grove.

Location

3664 Grand Ave.
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
25.72743, -80.25285

Categories

ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONSOCIAL HISTORYBLACK
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Ace Theatre listed on the National Register?

Ace Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 2016.

What type of historic resource is Ace Theatre?

Ace Theatre is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ace Theatre?

The period of significance for Ace Theatre is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1930.

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