Patterson Theater - Baltimore
N 39° 17.192 W 076° 34.302
18S E 364450 N 4349751
This priceless gem was built in 1930. The John Zink-designed theater was nearly destroyed by fire in 1958, but was saved and continued to show movies for several decades before finally closing. The theatre is a contributing structure to this NRHD.
Waymark Code: WM47G9
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2008
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This theater is located on Eastern Street, which, for this NRHP Historic District is the equivalent of "Main Street" for most other historic towns.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Creative Alliance, a non-profit group, money to restore and reopen the Patterson Theater. With a $7.5-million grant, this organization transformed the old movie house into the Patterson Center for the Arts.
Creative Alliance began this project in 1998 and finish the project in 2003.
The theater building houses an auditorium, a 2,000-square-foot gallery, studios, classrooms, meeting halls, and a cafe.
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The mission of this non-profit community arts group Creative Alliance at The Patterson is to bring "together artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds to experience spectacular arts programs and engage in the creative process."
"Diverse" is the key word in that statement. That mission translates into anything from summer art classes for Baltimore City kids to regular performances by "acrobatic burlesque superduo" Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey.