Tennessee Theatre

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historic theater movie palace performing arts venue

The Tennessee Theatre is a historic, opulent movie palace and performing arts venue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, renowned for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Official State Theatre of Tennessee 1
Tennessee Theatre Foundation 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic theater ⓘ
movie palace ⓘ
performing arts venue ⓘ
address 604 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
architect Graven & Mayger ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque Revival ⓘ
Spanish-Moorish ⓘ
builtFor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Paramount Pictures exhibition chain
cityDesignation Tennessee Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Official State Theatre of Tennessee
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance major cultural landmark in Knoxville ⓘ
currentUse concert hall ⓘ
film screening venue ⓘ
performing arts venue ⓘ
designationYear 1999 ⓘ
features Wurlitzer theatre organ ⓘ
balcony seating ⓘ
crystal chandeliers ⓘ
elaborate proscenium arch ⓘ
grand lobby ⓘ
marble staircases ⓘ
ornate plasterwork ⓘ
hasMarquee historic vertical neon sign on Gay Street ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.tennesseetheatre.com/ ⓘ
hosts Broadway touring productions ⓘ
classic film screenings ⓘ
community events ⓘ
film festivals ⓘ
popular music concerts ⓘ
symphony orchestra concerts ⓘ
isListedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Knoxville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
downtown Knoxville ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1982 ⓘ
NRHPType contributing property in the Gay Street Commercial Historic District ⓘ
openingDate 1928-10-01 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Theatre Foundation
originalUse movie palace ⓘ
owner Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Knox County and the City of Knoxville
partOf Gay Street Commercial Historic District ⓘ
regionServed Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ
surface form: East Tennessee
reopeningDate 2005-01-14 ⓘ
seatingCapacity approximately 1600 ⓘ
underwentRenovation 2003–2005 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee Theatre → cityDesignation → Tennessee Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Official State Theatre of Tennessee
Downtown Knoxville → hasCulturalAttraction → Tennessee Theatre ⓘ
Downtown Knoxville → hasEventVenue → Tennessee Theatre ⓘ
Downtown Knoxville → hasLandmark → Tennessee Theatre ⓘ
Gay Street, Knoxville → hasLandmark → Tennessee Theatre ⓘ
Market Square, Knoxville → nearbyAttraction → Tennessee Theatre ⓘ
Tennessee Theatre → operator → Tennessee Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tennessee Theatre Foundation