Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 91000887 Phone +1 417-863-7843 | Built 1926 (1926) Opened 1926 Added to NRHP 9 July 1991 | |
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Location 325 Park Central E., Springfield, Missouri Address 325 Park Central E, Springfield, MO 65806, USA Architectural style Mission Revival architecture Similar Landers Theatre, Pythian Home of Missouri, JQH Arena, Springfield National Cemetery, Abou Ben Adhem Shrine M Profiles | ||
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The Gillioz Theatre is a historic theatre located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built by M. E. Gillioz of Monett, Missouri. Mr. Gillioz was in the business of building bridges, and the theater was built with steel and concrete. Wood was only used for handrails, doors, and doorframes. The original cost of the building was $300,000. Renovation costs totaled approximately $1.9 million.
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- Premieres
- Stories
- Renovation
- Reagan Center
- References
The theater opened on October 11, 1926, in Springfield, Missouri. Gillioz managed to secure a 100-year lease on one 16-foot (4.9 m) wide piece of property which bordered on U.S. Route 66, so that the theater could garner patrons who traveled on that historic highway. After many prosperous years, and many not-so-prosperous years, the "Gillioz, Theatre Beautiful" finally offered its last show in the summer of 1980, an opera.
The theater was originally a transition theater, with a pipe organ for silent movies and a stage for live performances, such as vaudeville acts. A sound system was installed in 1928 with the advent of talkies.
The Gillioz is mainly a concert venue. The Gillioz host a variety of entertainment such as Death Cab For Cutie, Switchfoot, Blue October, Gabriel Iglesias and more. Capacity for general admission is 1,300 and for reserved seating there is 1,015.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the Springfield Public Square Historic District.
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Premieres
The Gillioz hosted the premieres of three movies:
Stories
Elvis Presley passed an afternoon watching a movie at the Gillioz after performing sound checks for an evening show at the nearby Shrine Mosque.
Renovation
The Gillioz is now operated by the Springfield Landmarks Preservation Trust. Restoration began in 1990, and was completed in 2006. The lobby and auditorium were restored to the original 1926 appearance. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eighty years after first opening its doors, the Gillioz had a grand reopening in October 2006 known as Encore 2006.
Reagan Center
The Gillioz Theatre and the Jim D. Morris Building together are known as the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Center. The Gillioz Theatre was chosen due to Ronald Reagan’s theatrical contributions.