Paramount Theatre Building (Palm Beach, Florida)

	Paramount Theatre Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Facade of the theater, in 2010
Location	Palm Beach, Florida
Coordinates	26°43′9″N 80°2′14″W / 26.71917°N 80.03722°W
Architect	Joseph Urban
Architectural style	Moorish Revival; Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	73000599
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1973

The Paramount Theatre Building is a historic movie palace and theater and now church, located at 145 North County Road and Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida.

History

It was designed in the Moorish Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles by Joseph Urban in 1926. Urban also designed the nearby Mar-a-Lago and the Palm Beach Bath and Tennis Club.

By contrast to the Ziegfeld Theatre (1927), which Urban designed to bathe the audience in warmth and a general atmosphere of colorful gaiety, the Paramount Theatre employs simple lines and a cool, leisured palette of silver and green. "The theatre," Urban explained, "is not an escape from the life around, but a part of it, fitting into the rhythm of the community. The architecture of the Paramount Theatre … is accordingly simple, spacious, Southern."^[2]

On December 12, 1973, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Church

The Paramount Theatre Building now houses the Paramount Church, a non-denominational Christian church in Palm Beach. The Senior Pastor and Founder of Paramount Church is Rev. Dwight Stevens. The church sold the building in March 2021 to Woerners.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Aronson, Arnold (2000). "Architect of Dreams: The Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban". Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/03/24/woerners-buy-historic-paramount-theatre-in-palm-beach-for-14m/

External links

Flheritage: Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- Flheritage: Paramount Theatre Building
- Flheritage: Palm Beach County listings
Official Paramount Church Website
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-230, "Paramount Theatre, Sunrise Avenue & North County Road, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL", 15 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 measured drawings, 18 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material
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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Aronson-2] Aronson, Arnold (2000). "Architect of Dreams: The Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban". Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

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