Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 97000203 Designated VLR December 4, 1996 Phone +1 757-393-6962 Added to NRHP 27 February 1997 | Built 1945 (1945) VLR # 124-0101 Opened 1945 Architectural style Art Deco | |
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Location 421 High St., Portsmouth, Virginia Address 421 High St, Portsmouth, VA 23704, USA Similar Military Circle Mall, MacArthur Center, Children's Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, United States lightship | ||
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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.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the Downtown Portsmouth Historic District.