Music Hall at Fair Park
Coordinates: 32°46′49″N 96°45′57″W / 32.780359°N 96.765788°W
Former names | Fair Park Auditorium (1925-57) |
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Address | 909 1st Ave Dallas, TX 75210-1042 |
Location | Fair Park |
Operator | DSM Management Group, Inc. |
Capacity | 3,420 |
Construction | |
Opened | October 10, 1925 |
Renovated |
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Construction cost | $500,000 ($7.91 million in 2021 dollars) |
Architect | Lang & Witchell |
Website | |
Venue Website | |
Fair Park Music Hall | |
Architectural style | Spanish Colonial Revival |
Part of | Texas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937) (ID86003488) |
TSAL No. | 8200002125 |
DLMKHD No. | H/33 (Fair Park) |
Significant dates | |
Designated CP | September 24, 1986 |
Designated TSAL | January 1, 1984 |
Designated DLMKHD | March 4, 1987 |
The Music Hall at Fair Park (originally the Fair Park Auditorium or State Fair Auditorium) is a performing arts theater in Dallas, Texas's Fair Park that opened in 1925.
The building is of Spanish Baroque style with Moorish architectural influences, containing six stair towers capped with cast domes and arcade porches overlooking Fair Park. Air conditioning was added in 1954, and in 1972 the Hall was remodeled again with an expanded lobby and restaurant. In 1999 the theater was refurbished and updated. Because of the spacious nature of the Music Hall, the facility is a nationally recognized venue for Broadway musical touring companies and other large-scale public and private functions. The Music Hall is currently home to the Dallas Summer Musicals and was home to the Dallas Opera from 1957 to 2009.
See also
- Historic district contributing properties
- 1925 establishments in Texas
- Buildings and structures in Dallas
- Concert halls in Dallas
- Fair Park
- Landmarks in Dallas
- Music venues completed in 1925
- Music venues in Dallas
- Performing arts centers in Texas
- Theatre in Dallas
- Dallas stubs
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs