Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)
Uptown Theatre | |
| Location | 3426 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°56′06″N 77°03′30″W / 38.93500°N 77.05833°W |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | John Jacob Zink |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Part of | Cleveland Park Historic District (ID87000628) |
| NRHP reference No. | 100008461 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 15, 2022 |
| Designated CP | April 27, 1987 |
| Designated DCIHS | May 26, 2022 |
The Uptown Theater, known as The Uptown (formerly Cineplex Odeon Uptown and AMC Loews Uptown 1), was a single-screen movie theater in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Opened in 1936, it hosted the world premieres of such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jurassic Park. It closed in March 2020.
Its screen was the largest commercial movie theater screen in the DC Metro area outside of the Smithsonian Institution. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.