Sunset Theater Explained

Sunset Theater
Location:	232, 234, 236 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35.7061°N -79.8167°W
Architecture:	Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
Architect:	Holleyman, William C. Jr.; Benton & Benton
Builder:	Trogden, S. E.
Added:	April 20, 2011
Refnum:	11000210^[1]

Sunset Theater is a historic movie theater located at Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was designed by the architectural firm of Benton & Benton and built in 1929. It is a two-story, parapet roof load-bearing stuccoed brick building in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. It measures approximately 50 feet by 100 feet and has a large open auditorium seating 412. The theater was purchased by the City of Asheboro in 2005.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

External links

• Sunset Theater website
• Cinema Treasures website entry

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-04-29. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/18/11 through 4/22/11. National Park Service.
2. Web site: M. Ruth Little. Sunset Theater. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 2010. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.