Premier of "Calzada" at the Tower Theatre in Miami |
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| Location | 1508 SW 8th St Miami, Florida |
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| Type | Indoor theater |
| Opened | December, 1926 |
| Owner | City of Miami |
The Tower Theater, is a building in Florida, United States, and is one of Miami's oldest cultural landmarks, located on SW Eighth Street and Fifteenth Avenue in Miami, Florida.
Robdendon Corporation opened this movie theatre to the public as a Wometco first-run-house on December 1926. On October 3, 1931, after extensive remodeling under the leadership of Robert Law Weed, the theatre re-opened its doors. The exterior was developed in an Art Deco style with a prominent 40-foot steel tower that quickly became a neighborhood landmark. The Theater was now a member of Wolfson-Meyer Theatrical Enterprises of Miami. During the late fifties and throughout the nineteen sixties the theatre played an important role entertaining the large number of immigrants fleeing the Cuban Revolution. The Tower Theatre remained open until 1984.
Following another remodeling in 2002 the house was turned over to the Miami Dade College. That institution as been operating the theatre since then under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Department[1].