Okla Theatre
18 E. Choctaw Avenue,
McAlester,
OK
74501
18 E. Choctaw Avenue,
McAlester,
OK
74501
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The architect converted an existing cinema into a Moderne style partial Atmospheric style one, with $50,000. The side walls had stepped rectangular shapes and in between them were plant boxes containing imitation foliage.
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Graeme McBain
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1985 night photo of the Okla theatre.
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Another 1985 photo is here.
This is a close-up shot of the Okla.
Concession stand 2004 shot of the Okla Theatre. Modern dropped ceiling hid Art Deco detailing and the encirling mazzanine.
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In the late-1920’s this theatre was known as the Palace Theatre.
2009 photo of the Okla Theatre.
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Here it is in 2010:
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And a detail shot of one of the letters in the neon sign:
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http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/440
From 2010 a photo of the Okla Theatre in McAlester.
Chuck, thanks for clarifying the theatre’s previous names. CT doesn’t list the alternate name PALACE for this hall. The Wurlitzer pipe organ factory records indicate their opus 1338, a tiny 2 manual, 4 rank (Style B) organ was installed in the Palace Theatre, McAlester, OK, in 1926.