Huntridge Theater

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Huntridge Theater sometimes know as the Huntridge Performing Arts Theater is a Streamline Moderne building located in Las Vegas, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The building was designed by S. Charles Lee.

First opened as a cinema, the theater also hosted stage performances and was a concert venue in its last years.

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Construction began in 1942 with the theater opening on October 10, 1944. It was owned by Loretta Young and Irene Dunne and was the first non-segregated theater in Las Vegas.

The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

While attempting to save the theater, it was operated by the non-profit Friends of the Huntridge Theatre, Inc..

The Huntridge Theater closed on July 31, 2004.

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National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada

Boulder City Historic District - Old Boulder City Hospital - Boulder Dam Hotel - Boulder Dam Park Museum - Brownstone Canyon Archaeological District - Camp Lee Canyon - Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass - Corn Creek Campsite - Desert Valley Museum - Eureka Locomotive - Gold Strike Canyon-Sugarloaf Mountain Traditional Cultural Property - Goodsprings Schoolhouse - Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs (AZ:F:14:98 ASM) - Green Shack - Hoover Dam - Huntridge Theater - Hidden Forest Cabin - Homestake Mine - Jay Dayton Smith House - Kyle Ranch - Las Vegas Grammar School (Fifth Street School) - Las Vegas Grammar School (Westside School) - Las Vegas High School Academic Building and Gymnasium - Las Vegas High School Neighborhood Historic District - Las ;Vegas Mormon Fort - Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Boundary Increase) - Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse - Las Vegas Springs - LDS Moapa Stake Office Building - Little Church of the West - Logandale Elementary School - Mesquite High School Gymnasium - Morelli House - Mormon Well Spring - Moulin Rouge Hotel - Overton Gymnasium - Parley Hunt House - Potosi - Pueblo Grande de Nevada - Railroad Cottage Historic District - Sandstone Ranch - Sheep Mountain Range Archeological District - Sloan Petroglyph Site - Sloan Petroglyph Site (Boundary Increase) - Spanish Trail, Old,-Mormon Road Historic District - Spirit Mountain - Thomas Leavitt House - Tim Springs Petroglyphs - Tule Springs Archeological Site - Tule Springs Ranch - St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery - Washington School - Westside School - Willow Beach Gauging Station - Woodlawn Cemetery
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