Fox Theatre [Atlanta]
type: Item
label: Fox Theatre
description: movie theater in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
description: bioscoop in Atlanta, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
Wikidata source: Q1440190
EUTA research ID II: 392
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
Web: www.foxtheatre.org
Country: USA
City: Atlanta
GPS: Point(-84.3857 33.7726)
EUTA building identifier: 6328
Wikidata instance: Q24354
opening date: 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Carthalia ID: 4258
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1925 in Moorish revival and Egyptian revival style as part of the Yaarab Temple Shrine Mosque complex. 1929 converted into a theatre and cinema, opened 25 Dec 1929 as Fox Theatre with the film Salute and a stage show. Closed 1973. 1975 saved from demolition by a non-profit group. Subsequently restored and re-opened as a performing arts centre. The building contains the main hall (4665 seats) and two ballrooms. It still features the original 1929 theatre organ by M. P. Möller (nicknamed Mighty Mo), the largest organ built by that company.