Palace Theater
National Register of Historic Places

Palace Theater

Marion, Marion County, Ohio
Listed
March 25, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
76001486

About this property

The Marion Palace Theatre is a movie palace constructed in 1928 in Marion, Ohio, United States for the Young Amusement Company. The original cost of the project was $500,000 ($7.5 million in 2021 dollars). It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its significance to the atmospheric theatre architectural style popular in the United States during the 1920s.

Location

272 W. Center St.
Marion, Marion County, Ohio
40.58879, -83.13787

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 76001486. It was listed on March 25, 1976.

Categories

ARTPERFORMING ARTS
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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.

Nearby Historic Sites

Marion County Courthouse
Civil War
0.3 mi
Old US Post Office
Industrial
0.6 mi

Nearby Battles

Crawford's Defeat (Sandusky Expedition)
1782Early Republic
4.3 mi
Crawford's Defeat (Sandusky Campaign)
1782Early Republic
5.3 mi
Crawford Expedition – Sandusky Defeat
1782Early Republic
5.3 mi
Crawford Expedition
1782Revolutionary War
6.8 mi
Crawford's Defeat 1782
1782Early Republic
9.1 mi

Questions about this property

When was Palace Theater listed on the National Register?

Palace Theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Palace Theater?

Palace Theater is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Palace Theater?

The period of significance for Palace Theater is recorded as the civil_war era.

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