Commodore Theatre

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Commodore Theatre
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Commodore Theatre
Commodore Theatre is located in Virginia
Commodore Theatre
Location 421 High St., Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area less than one acre
Built 1945 (1945)
Architect Zink, John J.
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 97000203[1]
VLR # 124-0101
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 27, 1997
Designated VLR December 4, 1996[2]

Commodore Theatre is a historic movie theater located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It was built in 1945, and is an Art Deco style, 1,000-seat theater building. The two-story front facade features a plain mass of yellow pressed brick decorated with horizontal stripes of brown brick on the upper level with a central pavilion of curved-top vertical pylons of Indiana limestone and decorative strips of glass block. The lower level of the facade is composed of Indiana limestone ashlar veneer with a base of black marble. A dominant element of the auditorium is the pair of restored murals on the side walls representing the progress of America and the commerce and industry of Hampton Roads.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is located in the Downtown Portsmouth Historic District.

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  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying photo

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