Mount Vernon Theatre, 918 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: The Mount Vernon Theatre, a well designed if short-lived example of the 5c theatre or "Nickelodeon," is a rare survivor of that first building type, once common across the nation, specifically designed for showing moving pictures. The "Nickelodeon" trademark, an elaborate arched facade studded with bare unshielded light bulbs, was well displayed here.
Survey number: HABS DC-254
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1910 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Alfred Bult Mullett & Company
Brouner & Sloan
Mullett, Thomas Augustine
Mullett, Frederick William
Brouner, Benjamin J
Sloan, Nathaniel
Walters, H E
Meyers, B Frank
Burgess & Parsons
Burgess, Herman E
Parsons, James H
Goodacre, George L
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90152, -77.02400
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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