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Hippodrome Theater

Engineer / Architect: Thomas Lamb (1914); Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Ass. (2004) Murphy & Dittenhafer (2004)
Location: 12 N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore, MD
Year Built: 1914; 2004 (renovated)
Structural Form: theater; steel frame with masonry facade, adaptive reuse of neighboring buildings
Historical Details: The Hippodrome was originally a Vaudeville theater, but was converted into a movie theater in 1949. It closed in 1990, but was renovated and made part of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center in February, 2004.
Technical Details: N/A
Image Source(s): Rachel Sangree
References: National Trust for Historic Preservation, Baltimore's Restored Hippodrome Theater Debuts Tonight. Retrieved on April 19, 2005 from: Link;
M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 367.