Highland Theatre
2533 Pennsylvania Avenue SE,
Washington,
DC
20020
2533 Pennsylvania Avenue SE,
Washington,
DC
20020
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Previously operated by: Neighborhood Theatres, Wineland Theatres
Architects: John Adolph Emil Eberson
Functions: Daycare Center
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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The Highland Theatre was designed by John Eberson in Streamline Moderne style and opened on December 20, 1940 with Gloria Jean in “A Little Bit of Heaven”. It was located on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Hillcrest community of Washington. The theatre closed in 1977 and became a clothing store. Today, the building houses a child daycare center.
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The Highland Theatre seated 600 people.
The HIGHLAND is dead but not demolished. Boarded up in 1977, this neighborhood was so high-crime that tearing down closed-up theatres wasn’t worth the trouble.
Here is a more contemporary view of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/ye38a7q
The Highland theatre opened on December 20th, 1940 with “A Little Bit of Heaven”. Grand opening ad posted.