Fox Theater (Joplin, Missouri)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Fox Theater

| nrhp_type = cp|nocat=yes

| image = Fox Theater in Joplin.jpg

| caption = Fox Theater, August 2010

| location= 415 S. Main St., Joplin, Missouri

| coordinates={{coord|37|5|18|N|94|30|51|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Missouri#USA

| built = {{Start date|1930}}

| architect = Larsen, L.P.

| builder=Gillioz, M.F., Construction Co.

| architecture = Mission/spanish Revival

| added = July 30, 1990

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 90001100{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Fox Theater, also known as Central Assembly Central Christian Center, is a historic movie theater located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1930, and is a two-story, L-shaped, brick, single bay, two-part commercial building with Mission Revival detailing. The ornate interior features extensive displays of plaster, metal, and wood decoration executed in Spanish Revival designs. The building was sold to the Central Assembly Church of Joplin in 1974.{{cite web| url =http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/90001100.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fox Theater| accessdate = 2017-01-01| author=Philip Thomason and Teresa Brum|format = PDF| date=November 1989|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} (includes 10 photographs from 1989){{rp|2–3, 10}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Joplin Downtown Historic District.