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|size=50'1" x 133'8.5"<br/>500 seats

The '''Isis TheatreTheater''', located on the northeast corner [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s, was a [[Saenger Amusement Company]] venture and 'sister theater' to the nearby [[Saenger Theatre|Saenger]] and [[Rex Theatre]]s. It was built in [[1913]]<ref name="historicalrole">"Movie theaters stage historical role." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 7, 1985.</ref> on the site of the former [[Caldwell House]]. The building was owned by [[Nat Kaiser]] and [[M. J. Elkan]], who leased the space to the theater proprietors. For many years it the theater shared the building space with a confectioner's shop.

The building was acquired by the [[Saenger company]] in [[1935]]<ref name="isissold">"Isis was Theater Building Sold To Local Firm." September 13, 1951.</ref> and remodeled in early [[1938]],.<ref>"Southeast Notes." ''Boxoffice'', February 12, 1938.</ref> shortly after the Saenger company opened the nearby [[Rex Theatre]] for second-run movies.

After In [[1950]], a federal court consent decree ordered the theatre closed[[Paramount Gulf Theaters]] (successor of the Saenger company) to divest itself of certain theaters based on a population formula; under the formula, it Paramount was renovated only allowed to operate one subsequent-run theater in {{date needed}} for use as an office building. Bricks from the theater were salvaged during the renovation Pensacola, and make up it retained the floor in [[Seville Quarter]]'s "Phineas Phogg's" dance hallRex for that purpose.

On [[Merrill LynchSeptember 12]] occupied , [[1951]], Paramount Gulf sold the building for several years before relocating to the [[Palafox PierFirst Building Corporation]], of which [[John C. The current downstairs tenant is Pace]] was president, to be leased as the new headquarters of the [[Delta Health GroupFirst Bank & Trust Company of Pensacola]].

{{arch-stubcquote|Today more than ever I believe in the future of Pensacola. The city is showing growth and is on the threshold of great expansion. My associates and I are happy to have acquired the property for a new banking house and believe it is additional evidence of our confident belief in the further growth of this city.|20px|20px|[[John C. Pace]]<ref name="isissold"/>}} Bricks from the theater were salvaged during a later renovation and are included in the floor of [[Seville Quarter]]'s "Phineas Phogg's" dance hall.  [[Merrill Lynch]] occupied the building for several years before relocating to [[Palafox Pier]]. The current downstairs tenant is [[Gulf Coast Health Care]].