Municipal Auditorium Shreveport LA

Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium is a historic performance and meeting venue at 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is an Art Deco building constructed between 1926 and 1929 during the administration of Mayor Lee Emmett Thomas as a memorial to the servicemen of World War I. In 1991, the auditorium was listed on the …
Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium is a historic performance and meeting venue at 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is an Art Deco building constructed between 1926 and 1929 during the administration of Mayor Lee Emmett Thomas as a memorial to the servicemen of World War I. In 1991, the auditorium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on October 6, 2008, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.
  • Location: 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard (formerly Grand Avenue), Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Area: 2 acres (0.81 ha)
  • Built: 1929
  • Built by: Ashton Glassell Company, Inc.
  • Architect: Jones, Roessle, Olschner & Wiener
  • Architectural style: Art Deco
  • Part of: Shreveport Commercial Historic District (ID82002760)
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