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Sunset Theater
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sunset Theater, September 2013
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Location	232, 234, 236 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°42′22″N 79°49′00″W / 35.70611°N 79.81667°W / 35.70611; -79.81667
Area	22.6 acres (9.1 ha)
Built	1929 (1929)
Built by	Trogden, S. E.
Architect	Holleyman, William C. Jr.; Benton & Benton
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	11000210
Added to NRHP	April 20, 2011

Sunset Theater is a historic movie theater located at Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was designed by the architectural firm of Benton & Benton and built in 1929. It is a two-story, parapet roof load-bearing stuccoed brick building in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. It measures approximately 50 feet by 100 feet and has a large open auditorium seating 412. The theater was purchased by the City of Asheboro in 2005.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/18/11 through 4/22/11. National Park Service. 2011-04-29.
2. M. Ruth Little (December 2010). "Sunset Theater" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

External links

• Sunset Theater website
• Cinema Treasures website entry

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