Commodore Theatre
Commodore Theatre | |
Commodore Theatre | |
| Location | 421 High St., Portsmouth, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°50′5″N 76°18′8″W / 36.83472°N 76.30222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1945 |
| Architect | Zink, John J. |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000203 |
| VLR No. | 124-0101 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1997 |
| Designated VLR | December 4, 1996 |
Commodore Theatre is an historic movie theater located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It was built in 1945 in the Streamline Art Deco style, and originally sat 1,000 people. The theater closed in 1975 and sat empty until a change in ownership and extensive renovation beginning in 1987. It reopened two years later, and as of 2023 was in operation displaying first-run films accompanied by a full kitchen.