Esquire Theater is a historic movie theater located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built in 1946–1947, and is a two-story, brick building with a colorful Art Deco facade. The building measures approximately 100 feet by 60 feet. It features a projecting marquee with neon tube lights; a streamlined, curving entrance and ticket booth; a projecting proscenium-like arch; and embellishments including enameled and stainless steel, structural pigmented glass, marble and glass blocks.[2]: 5 

Esquire Theater
Esquire Theater, April 2013
Esquire Theater is located in Missouri
Esquire Theater
Esquire Theater is located in the United States
Esquire Theater
Location824 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates37°18′32″N 89°31′44″W / 37.30889°N 89.52889°W / 37.30889; -89.52889
Arealess than one acre
Built1946 (1946)-1947
ArchitectRoth, Harold; Wooner, Bernard
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSCape Girardeau, Missouri MPS
NRHP reference No.05001025[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 2005

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] It is located in the Broadway Commercial Historic District.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Terri Foley (February 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Esquire Theater" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.

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