Rialto Theater (Searcy, Arkansas)

Rialto Theater
Location Jct. of Race and Spring Sts., Searcy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°15′3″N 91°44′16″W / 35.25083°N 91.73778°W / 35.25083; -91.73778Coordinates: 35°15′3″N 91°44′16″W / 35.25083°N 91.73778°W / 35.25083; -91.73778
Area less than one acre
Built 1940 (1940)
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS White County MPS
NRHP Reference # 91001231[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1991

The Rialto Theater is a historic movie theater at Race and Spring Streets in central Searcy, Arkansas. Built in the 1920s and renovated in 1940, it is one of the few buildings in all of White County to exhibit Art Deco styling (a result of the 1940 alterations), and the only theater with that styling. Its neon marquee is also the most elaborate known in the county.[2]

The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Rialto Theater" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

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