Paramount Theatre
145 N. County Road,
Palm Beach,
FL
33480
145 N. County Road,
Palm Beach,
FL
33480
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Mediterranean Revival style theater with two and a half stories, masonry, stuccoed, two and a half-story entrance, breezeway terrace. Designed as a complete cultural center that included theater, residences, restaurant, shops, and offices. Opened on January 9, 1927, in the 1930’s and 1940’s, the Paramount Theatre was a center of live entertainment as well as films.
In 1948, it was remodeled by the architectural firm Kemp, Bunch & Jackson of Jacksonville, FL.
Now converted into offices.
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Yes, great photo! BTW, I never heard back from Beth Dunlop.
This is a 2008 photo.
Here are fifteen photos from the Library of Congress.
These 15 photos are wonderful to view as I waas at this theatre in the early 70’s to see a movie though I was not a resident of Palm Beach! The photos bring back such great memories of how the interior looked back then. The balcony photo was most interesting with the plush seating! It’s very hard to believe that a town with the affluence that Palm Beach has allowed this space to cease as a theatre though the interior has been divided up and completely changed to house the Paramount Church (believe a much smaller stage area is now the pulpit) so thankfully the building was not demolished in the name of urban renewal even in Palm Beach along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in Palm Beach County Florida! Why couldn’t the theatre been left intact for the Paramount Church services then we’d still have that fabulous space still there today! The lobby does pay tribute to the theatre’s by-gone days with many b/w photos which include many celebrities who performed on the Paramount stage!
I just clicked on the name Joseph Urban and see that he also built 2 other large capacity theatres in NYC, but both of them have been demolished according to CT.
Here is a close-up view of the Paramount.
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Very nice looking theatre.
January 9th, 1927 grand opening ad has been posted here. Admission was $1.50-$2.00 ($18-$25) in today’s money. Palm Beach was an really expensive town at the time.
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