Paramount Theatre Building
145 N. County Rd., Palm Beach, Florida
Description
Built as a movie theatre just before the advent of talking films, it is one of the last theatres built especially for silent movies. However, its architect, the Viennese Joseph Maria Urban, a noted theatre architect and stage designer, saw to it that the theatre was acoustically suited to the musical accompaniment of silent films, to which purpose he had installed a large pipe organ, as well as to the sound of live stage performances. These acoustics of the house would serve also the talking picture, of whose impending approach Urban was well aware. Entered on National Register 12/12/73. -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS FL-230)National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973
- Reference number
- 73000599
- Areas of significance
- Architecture; Performing Arts
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Multiple dwelling; Auditorium; Specialty store
- Current functions
- Professional; Specialty store; Multiple dwelling
- Period of significance
- 1925-1949
- Significant year
- 1926
Sources
- HABS FL-230 - Paramount Theatre
- Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
- National Register database - Reference number 73000599
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