Republic Theatre
1333 U Street NW,
Washington,
DC
20009
1333 U Street NW,
Washington,
DC
20009
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The Republic Theatre opened on 30th May 1921. Located a block west of the Lincoln Theatre, it was located in the heart of the U Street African-American shopping district. Film Daily Yearbooks list it as a “Negro” theatre.
Designed by architect Phillip M. Julien, the exterior was given a slightly Spanish look with a Spanish tile roof topping the facade. Inside the auditorium, which originally seated 1,304, the seating was arranged in a stadium plan with no overhanging balcony, but there was a loge level half-way back.
A Moller two Manual organ was installed in 1924.
The Republic was closed in 1976 and was later demolished to make way for the new Metro system.
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Bryan Krefft, Ken Roe
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This site has some exterior photos:
http://tinyurl.com/mvmndb
1945-46 photo added, credit Robert McNeill (RU ET 61), courtesy of Susan McNeill. Via the below website, with a link to an article by Briana Thomas of Washingtonian Magazine. (Article uses a cropped version.)
http://www.dchistory.org/forgotten-history-u-street/?mc_cid=92d6702e23&mc_eid=e3e115991b