St. Joseph possesses two fantastic historic theaters in its downtown from two different eras. The first, the Missouri Theater, was built in a sort of Moorish Revival in 1927.
Now owned by the City of St. Joseph, it’s in great condition.
The interior is in what might be described as Achaemenid Revival, with towering columns with bull head capitals as one might see at Persepolis.
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Joseph Goldman, Roller Brothers, W.J. Assenmacher Company, and Ne Capital Building Company Of Lincoln. Missouri Theater Building, 713-715 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO. Missouri Saint Joseph Buchanan County, 1933. translateds by Jandoli, Lizmitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Library of Congress.Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Joseph Goldman, Roller Brothers, W.J. Assenmacher Company, and Ne Capital Building Company Of Lincoln. Missouri Theater Building, 713-715 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO. Missouri Saint Joseph Buchanan County, 1933. translateds by Jandoli, Lizmitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph.Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Joseph Goldman, Roller Brothers, W.J. Assenmacher Company, and Ne Capital Building Company Of Lincoln. Missouri Theater Building, 713-715 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO. Missouri Saint Joseph Buchanan County, 1933. translated by Jandoli, Lizmitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Library of Congress.
There is a small strip of stores and offices attached to the right of the front doors.
