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Capitol Theatre Building (Flint, Michigan)

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NRHP Reference #
  
85000165

Founded
  
2011

Designated MSHS
  
August 24, 1984

Added to NRHP
  
31 January 1985

Capitol Theatre Building (Flint, Michigan)

Location
  
140 Second Street, Flint, Michigan

Address
  
140 E 2nd St, Flint, MI 48502, USA

Parent organization
  
Uptown Reinvestment Corporation

The Capitol Theatre Building is a cinema and concert venue located at 140 E. 2nd St. in Flint, Michigan. It opened in 1928 and was listed among the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan in 1985. Designed by John Eberson, it is an atmospheric theater designed to look like a Roman garden.

On October 21, 2015, it was announced that Uptown Reinvestment Corp. will partner with The Whiting Auditorium in Flint and its governing body, the Flint Cultural Center Corp., to relaunch the Capitol Theatre. Uptown will handle the redevelopment and restoration, and The Whiting will manage operations, programming and marketing.

With the boards of both organizations approving the partnership, they are now getting to work with "due diligence evaluations and design work that will help guide the property's redevelopment," according to a statement. The Capitol Theatre is set to operations in 2017.

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Capitol Theatre Building (Flint, Michigan) Wikipedia