Paramount Theatre (Anderson, Indiana)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Paramount Theatre

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| image = Anderson, Indiana - Paramount Theater.JPG

| caption = Paramount Theater, July 2007

| location = 1124 Meridian St., Anderson, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|40|6|15.9|N|85|40|44.19|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| architect = John Eberson

| architecture = Mission/Spanish Revival

| added = August 29, 1991

| area = Less than one acre

| refnum = 91001165{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Anderson Paramount Theatre (now known as The Paramount Theatre Centre & Ballroom) is a historic movie theater located in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana. It opened on August 20, 1929, and at the time was part of the Publix Chain of theaters, owned by Paramount Pictures (hence the theater's name). The theater was designed by the famous movie theater architect, John Eberson. The Paramount is an atmospheric theater (an architectural style that gave the appearance of an open star-filled sky) and is one of twelve atmospheric theaters left standing in the United States and Canada. The auditorium was decorated in the style of a Spanish village.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-05-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/20aca/N/Paramount_Theater_Bldg_Madison_CO_Nom.pdf | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Paramount Theatre| accessdate = 2016-05-01| author=Creager Smith and James Robert Abraham| format = PDF| date=January 1991}} and accompanying photographs.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

The theater has been extensively restored and reopened in 1995 as the Paramount Theatre Centre and Ballroom. The theater includes its original Page theater organ, now restored. A contest for "Best Decorated Christmas Tree" is held in the theater every Christmas.