Music Hall at Fair Park

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Coordinates: 32°46′49″N 96°45′57″W / 32.780359°N 96.765788°W / 32.780359; -96.765788

Music Hall at Fair Park
Fair Park Music Hall 2.jpg
Exterior of the venue (c.2009)
Former namesFair Park Auditorium (1925-57)
Address909 1st Ave
Dallas, TX 75210-1042
LocationFair Park
OperatorDSM Management Group, Inc.
Capacity3,420
Construction
OpenedOctober 10, 1925
Renovated
  • 1954
  • 1972
  • 1999
Construction cost$500,000
($7.55 million in 2020 dollars[1])
ArchitectLang & Witchell
Website
Venue Website
Fair Park Music Hall
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Texas State Antiquities Landmark
Dallas Landmark Historic District
Contributing Property
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
Part ofTexas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937) (ID86003488[2])
TSAL No.8200002125
DLMKHD No.H/33 (Fair Park)
Significant dates
Designated CPSeptember 24, 1986
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1984
Designated DLMKHDMarch 4, 1987[3]

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.[4]

Music Hall at Fair Park

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[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas
  • List of Dallas Landmarks

References[]

  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ordinance No. 27079" (PDF). City of Dallas. 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. ^ Music Hall website Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 May 2011

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