Booth Theater | |
Location: | 119 W. Myrtle St., Independence, Kansas |
Coordinates: | 37.2253°N -95.7061°W |
Architect: | Boller Brothers |
Architecture: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival, Italian Renaissance |
Added: | October 13, 1988 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88001903 |
The Booth Theater is a historic movie theater located at 119 W. Myrtle St. in Independence, Kansas. The building was constructed in 1911 and renovated for use as a movie theater in 1926–27. The redesigned theater was the first in Independence to be designed specifically for use as a movie theater. The Boller Brothers, an architectural firm known for their theater designs, designed the theater in a mixture of the Spanish Renaissance and Italian Renaissance Revival styles. The theater showed films until its closure in 1980.[1]
The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.