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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Missouri Theater
| nrhp_type    = cp
| nocat        = yes
| image        = Missouri Theater.jpg
| caption      = Missouri Theater, 1986, with 1960s canopy
| location     = 717 Edmond St., [[St. Joseph, Missouri]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|39|45|58|N|94|51|2|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Missouri#USA
| area         =
| built        = 1927
| architect    = Boller Brothers; W.J. Assenmacher Co.
| architecture = Art Deco, Exotic Revival, Moorish revival
| added        = October 11, 1979
| refnum       = 79001353
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Missouri Theater''' is a [[Theater (structure)|theater]] located in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]]. Completed in July 1927, the Missouri Theater was built as a [[Movie theater|cinema]] in the [[atmospheric theatre|atmospheric]] style, using a combination of [[Art Deco]] and [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] detailing.
The Missouri Theater was designed by noted theater architects [[Boller Brothers]] of [[Kansas City, Missouri]], with sculpture by [[Waylande Gregory]]. It was constructed  by the Capital Building Company of [[Lincoln, Nebraska]] for local attorney and promoter Joseph Goldman. The theater has a single balcony that looks over a house designed to resemble an open tented courtyard, decorated with details borrowed from [[Assyrian architecture|Assyrian]] and [[Persian architecture]]. While the theater was principally designed for movies, it could also be used for live performances, with dressing rooms, a [[fly system|fly loft]] and an [[orchestra pit]]. It also featured a [[Wurlitzer]] [[theater organ]].<ref name="nrhpinv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001353.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building|last=Soren|first=Noelle|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2009-05-07}}</ref>
The Missouri Theater operated as a cinema until 1970.  For the next few years it operated as a community theater, and was purchased by a community group in 1976. In 1978 the city of St. Joseph bought the theater for use as a performing arts center.<ref name="nrhpinv1"/> The theater and office building were placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name="nris"/>  It is located in the [[St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District]].
The theater was renovated in 2002. A 1960s canopy was removed and the marquee was restored.
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The Missouri Theater was an inspiration for the Isauro Martinez theater located in Torreón, a city in northern Mexico. This theater began its construction in 1928 and to date still remains in operation .
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.stjoearts.org/missouri_theater/ Missouri Theater, St. Joseph]
*{{HABS |survey=MO-1847 |id=mo1099 |title=Missouri Theater Building, 713-715 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO |photos=10 |color=2 |data=4 |cap=2}}
*El Teatro Isauro Martínez tiene un ‘gemelo’ en Estados Unidos: esta es la historia - El Sol de la Laguna | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Coahuila y el Mundo
*El segundo teatro más bello del país - Grupo Milenio
{{National Register of Historic Places in Missouri}}
[[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri]]
[[Category:Theatres completed in 1927]]
[[Category:Boller Brothers buildings]]
[[Category:Moorish Revival architecture in Missouri]]
[[Category:Art Deco architecture in Missouri]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in St. Joseph, Missouri]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Buchanan County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri]]
[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Missouri]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Buchanan County, Missouri]]