National Historic Landmark · multi-purpose hall · Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

Theater and meeting hall in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Added to the National Register in 1991, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1991Moderne architecture
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What it is

Wikipedia · Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium is a historic performance and meeting venue at 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is an Art Deco building constructed between 1926 and 1929 during the administration of Mayor Lee Emmett Thomas as a memorial to the servicemen of World War I. In 1991, the auditorium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on October 6, 2008, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address705 Elvis Presley Avenue (formerly Grand Avenue), Shreveport, LA
CountyCaddo County
ListedMay 28, 1991
Reference number91000624
Type of placemulti-purpose hall, theatre building
StyleModerne architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address705 Elvis Presley Avenue (formerly Grand Avenue), Shreveport, LA
Coordinates32.50798, -93.75291 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitCane River Creole National Historical Park · 74 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBeaver Dam Campground (Kisatchie National Forest, La) 28 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 91000624. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.