Ace Theatre
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Ace Theatre
| nrhp_type =
| image = Ace Theatre (1).jpg
| caption = Ace Theatre in 2018
| location= 3664 Grand Avenue, Miami, Florida
| coordinates = {{coord|25|43|39|N|80|15|08|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Ace Theatre|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Florida#USA
| built = {{Start date|1930}}
| architect =
| architecture = Art Deco
| added = June 13, 2016
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 16000359
}}
Ace Theatre in Miami, Florida, is an Art Deco commercial structure constructed in 1930 in Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood. On July 1, 2014, the site was designated as a local historic resource. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 13, 2016.{{cite news |title=National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20160624.htm |publisher=National Park Service |date=June 24, 2016 |access-date=November 21, 2018}}
The Wolfson-Meyer Theater Company, later Wometco Enterprises, owned the theater since its construction in 1930 until 1979, when the building was purchased by Harvey Wallace. The Wallace family founded Ace Development Co., the theater's current owner.{{cite news |title=Coconut Grove - Once-segregated theater now a national historic place - Coconut Grove's Ace Theatre made it on the National Register of Historic Places |first=Monique O. |last= Madan |work=The Miami Herald |date=24 July 2016 }}
In the 1950s, Ace Theatre was the only film venue to serve the black community in Coconut Grove.{{cite news |title=Former West Grove theater named historic site |first=Jackie |last= Salo |work=The Miami Herald |date=2 July 2014 }}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000359.pdf Ace Theatre Nomination form]
- [http://www.historicpreservationmiami.com/pdfs/TheACETheater-designationreport.pdf City of Miami Designation Report]
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Category:1930 establishments in Florida
Category:Theatres completed in 1930
Category:Art Deco architecture in Florida
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