Built when segregation was still in effect, this Moderne movie theater served African American patrons with seating for 1,050. Dallas-based architect Corgan had established his practice in 1938 specializing in movie theaters, and this
building’s brick-veneered concrete-block walls are geometrically articulated solely by repeating vertical grooves and horizontal-shaped windows. The theater’s boldest feature is the corner entrance, with its freestanding ticket booth (rebuilt), angled marquee, and illuminated vertical sign with the theater’s name on a red background. After the theater closed in 1980, the interior was converted into offices, including a medical clinic, which closed after it was flooded by six feet of water during Hurricane Katrina. The building was renovated in 2014.