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Royal Theater
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| Location: | 1524–1534 South St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Area: | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built: | 1919 |
| Architect: | Hahn,Frank E. |
| Architectural style: | Regency Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80003619[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 08, 1980 |
The Royal Theater was a center of African American culture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1919, the theater closed in 1970, after attendance dwindled and the threat of the Crosstown Expressway had decimated the neighborhood. (The proposed highway was never built.)
In 2000, Kenny Gamble’s Universal Companies purchased the Royal, 1522 and 1536 South, buildings on either side of the theater, as well as 1523, 1537 and 1539 Kater St. (the narrow street just south of South) and 1521–1523 South St. (across the street), from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia for about $300,000.[2]
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