Tower Theatre (Fresno, California)
Tower Theatre (1939-80) McHatton's Tower Theatre (1980-89) | |
Exterior of venue (c.2011) | |
| Address | 815 E Olive Ave Fresno, CA 93728-3332 |
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| Owner | City of Fresno |
| Type | Performing arts center |
| Capacity | 761 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | December 15, 1939 |
| Reopened | March 13, 1990 |
| Rebuilt | 1989-90 |
| Architect | S. Charles Lee |
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Tower Theatre | |
| Location | Fresno, CA |
| Coordinates | 36°45′29″N 119°48′05″W / 36.7580°N 119.8014°W |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | S. Charles Lee |
| Architectural style | Streamline Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001276 |
| Added to NRHP | September 24, 1992 |
The Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts is a historic Streamline Moderne mixed-use theater in Fresno, California. Built in 1939, it opened to the public on December 15, 1939, under the management of Fox West Coast Theater Corporation. The building was designed by S. Charles Lee, with its tower inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The theater underwent a renovation and reopened as a performing arts center in 1990, after being closed as a repertory cinema in 1989 due to financial troubles.