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| caption = Music Hall in 2009
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| opened = October 10, 1925
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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.
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==
{{Portal|NRHP|Dallas-Fort Worth|Texas}}
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas]]
*[[List of Dallas Landmarks]]


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
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* [http://www.liveatthemusichall.com/ Music Hall at Fair Park]
*[http://www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com/wicked-music-hall-at-fair-park.html Wicked performing at Music Hall at Fair Park]
* [http://www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com/wicked-music-hall-at-fair-park.html Wicked performing at Music Hall at Fair Park]


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[[Category:Fair Park]]
[[Category:Fair Park]]

Revision as of 09:23, 20 August 2018

Music Hall at Fair Park
Music Hall in 2009
Music Hall at Fair Park is located in Texas
Music Hall at Fair Park
Music Hall at Fair Park
Location within Texas
Music Hall at Fair Park is located in the United States
Music Hall at Fair Park
Music Hall at Fair Park
Music Hall at Fair Park (the United States)
Address909 1st Ave.
Dallas, Texas
United States
Coordinates32°46′49″N 96°45′57″W / 32.780359°N 96.765788°W / 32.780359; -96.765788
OperatorDallas Summer Musicals
Capacity3,420
Construction
OpenedOctober 10, 1925
ArchitectLang & Witchell
Website
Music Hall at Fair Park
Fair Park Music Hall
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
Part ofTexas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937) (ID86003488[1])
TSAL No.8200002125
DLMKHD No.H/33 (Fair Park)
Significant dates
Designated CPSeptember 24, 1986
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1984
Designated DLMKHDMarch 4, 1987[2]
Music Hall at Fair Park

The Music Hall at Fair Park is a 3,420 seat performing arts facility in Dallas, Texas's Fair Park that opened on October 10, 1925.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Ordinance No. 27079" (PDF). City of Dallas. 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Music Hall website Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 May 2011
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