Alcazar Theatre

606 N. Franklin Street,
Tampa, FL 33602

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Styles: Greek Revival

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Alcazar Theatre

The Alcazar Theatre was opened on May 26, 1911. It was closed in 1921 as other newer and more elegant theatres opened. No details on the decor, seating capacity or architect. After closing it sat vacant until Mangel’s Ladies Wear opened there in 1928; it remained there until 1978 when it closed. Not long after it was incorporated into the Maas Brothers Department store that takes up most of that block.

Maas Brothers closed this location in 1991 and the majority of the buildings on this block have been abandoned and not maintained since. Condemnation was approved in 2000 but little has happened since that time.

Contributed by Todd Frary

Recent comments (view all 5 comments)

drumrboy36
drumrboy36 on March 2, 2006 at 4:15 am

The entire block is now demolished.

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Historic Theatres in Tampa on August 31, 2008 at 9:29 am

Please provide any stories or information that you might have about this theatre (or any single-screen theatre in Tampa) here… http://historictheatresintampa.blogspot.com
This will assist us in preserving the history surrounding these theatres in Tampa. Thank you!!

rivest266
rivest266 on September 24, 2017 at 11:12 am

The Alcazar theatre was already opened along with the Bonita theatres as of May 28th, 1911

Found on Newspapers.com

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Historic Theatres in Tampa on September 24, 2017 at 5:27 pm

Awesome find, rivest266! Are you a Tampa local?

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on October 8, 2024 at 8:13 pm

The actual opening date is May 26, 1911, and has a total capacity of 250 seats.

  • In color, the front of the theater is in green tints featuring a marvel of ornamental plaster art, and the walls of the lobby featured molded caryatids and busts of Pallas-Athene on elaborate pedestals while a total of 60 incandescent lights from the dark green background make a brilliant effect. A highly ornamental ticket booth adds to the outside effect. The interior in color is in cream, buff, and gold, and the side lights are in rose-tinted globes which hang from the mouths of lion head sculptures. The panels of the walls contain drawings of winged Cupids and the intervening columns are surmounted by shields bearing the letter “A”. Lastly, the ceiling is paneled with plenteous white-globed lights, and eight large oscillating fans keep the gentle breezes playing incessantly throughout the show.
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