Fox Tucson Theatre
Posted by: 
leadhiker
N 32° 13.316 W 110° 58.295
12S E 502677 N 3565036
After being closed for 30 years, this grand Art Deco movie theater has just been restored to its former greatness.
Waymark Code: WM8PX4
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2010
Views: 22
The Fox Tucson Theatre, the country's only southwestern art deco movie palace, was designed by California architect Eugene Durfee. Construction began in 1929 for the Tower Theatre, the crown jewel of the Diamos Brothers Southern Arizona Movie Theatre chain. Fox West Coast Theatres leased the building from the Diamoses and renamed it the Fox Theatre, opening on April 11, 1930, it soon became the community center of Tucson. In 1936, it became the city's first public building to have refrigerated air. Unoccupied from 1974 to 1998, it deteriorated. Revival efforts began in 1997, and in 1999 the Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation was formed to restore the theatre. Through extensive efforts of volunteers led by Fox Foundation executive director Herb Stratford, the faithfully restored Fox Tucson Theatre reopened on New Year's Eve 2005. The Theatre was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and elevated to the national level of significance on April 16, 2004.
Marker Name: Fox Tucson Theatre
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Pima
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Tucson – Pima County Historical Commission.
Year placed: 2009
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