Palace Theatre | |
Map Alt: | Located in Texas, very close to the point where the borders of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico meet |
Map Label: | Palace Theatre |
Locmap Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 31.7569°N -106.4886°W |
Location: | 209 S. El Paso St., El Paso, Texas |
Architect: | Trost & Trost |
Architecture: | Spanish Colonial Revival |
Added: | September 24, 1980 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 80004109 |
The Alhambra Theatre, also known as the Palace Theatre, is a building in El Paso, Texas. Opened on August 1, 1914, the building was designed by architect Henry C. Trost in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with a Moorish theme, preceding spread of the Moorish Revival style of the 1920s. The building cost $150,000. It was prepared to serve either as a playhouse for live theater or as a movie house, and included a large organ to be played with silent movies of the day.[1]