Tennessee Theatre (Nashville)
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| Address | 535 Church Street Nashville, Tennessee United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°09′46″N 86°46′52″W / 36.16265°N 86.78107°W |
| Capacity | 2,028 |
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| Opened | February 28, 1952 |
| Demolished | 1980s |
| Architect | Joseph W. Holman |
The Tennessee Theatre was a 2,028 seat, single screen movie and stage theater at 535 Church Street, in Nashville, Tennessee was opened on February 28, 1952.[1] It was built with the designs of architect Joseph W. Holman in the shell of the 11-story, Art Deco Sudekum Building,[2] also known as Warner building, that was completed in 1932, The theater was demolished in the 1980s. The high rise office building was imploded on November 29, 1992[2] The Cumberland Apartment high-rise now sits on the site. The theater hosted the first Grammy Awards ceremony not held in either Los Angeles or New York City in 1973 — it would be 49 years until the Grammys were held outside those two cities (Las Vegas).
References
[edit]- ^ "Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, TN - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ a b "Sudekum Building & Tennessee Theater". emporis. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tennessee Theater". Historic Nashville. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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- Art Deco cinemas and movie theaters
- Cinemas and movie theaters in Tennessee
- Demolished theatres in the United States
- Former cinemas in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Nashville, Tennessee
- History of Nashville, Tennessee
- Movie palaces
- Theatres completed in 1952
- Streamline Moderne architecture in Tennessee
- 1952 establishments in Tennessee
- 1980s disestablishments in Tennessee
- Buildings and structures destroyed in the 1980s