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The Capitol wasn’t the first entertainment venue to occupy that spot. Its predecessor was a music hall, which opened in 1877, originally called the Academy of Music but renamed the Majestic in 1918. The hall was demolished in 1929 to make way for the Capitol Theatre.
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Oct 17, 2009 · Previous to the Capitol Theatre, this location was home to the Academy of Music, renamed the Majestic in 1918. It opened in 1877, and was home to countless musical and theatre productions for over fifty years.
The Capitol Theatre, designated as a National Historic Site in 2016, debuted in 1930 as a premium Canadian entertainment venue. Built at the beginning of the Great Depression in a rural community, the theatre is known as a “rare architectural gem” inspired by Hollywood that marks the “beginning of an era” in Canada’s entertainment ...
Author and history buff Cynthia Henry still has elaborate decorations, like gargoyles and chandeliers, that were saved from Halifax’s Capitol Theatre before it was torn down on May 11, 1974....
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The Capitol Theatre/ Quebec Auditorium National Historic Site of Canada is a striking bow-fronted Beaux Arts-style theatre building on rue Saint-Jean, just outside the Porte Saint-Jean in Quebec City
The Capitol Theatre / Québec Auditorium was designated a national historic site of Canada because: - it is a fine example of a Movie Palace in the Beaux-Arts style, - its remarkable bombé facade evokes the exuberance of "Belle Époque" theatres. The heritage value of the Capitol Theatre / Québec Auditorium lies in the Beaux-Arts facade of the buildi...
Key elements that define the heritage character of this site include: - the composition of the building into two main sections, comprising a curved street-front section and rectangular rear box; - the composition of the curved 'bombé' street façade, ordered vertically in the following manner: a base storey of three segmental arches between framing ...
The building was renamed the Capitol Theatre in the 1930s and used as a cinema with occasional stage productions until the 1960s, then a movie theatre only until 1982. In 1992 the Théâtre Capitol Theatre / Québec Auditorium was restored and returned to operation as a legitimate theatre.
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Dec 25, 2020 · In 1922, three local theatre owners got together to buy the facility and renamed it the Capitol Theatre. By 1929, the Capitol was sold again, for $270,000, less than half what it cost to...
