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New page: {{Infobox Building |image=RexTheater.jpg |caption=The Rex Theatre on Palafox |name=Rex Theatre |location=18 N Palafox Street<br/>Pensacola, FL 32501 |architect= |client= |engineer= |ow...
{{Infobox Building
|image=RexTheater.jpg
|caption=The Rex Theatre on Palafox
|name=Rex Theatre
|location=18 N [[Palafox Street]]<br/>Pensacola, FL 32501
|architect=
|client=
|engineer=
|owner=[[Tim Hogan]]
|construction_start_date=1930
|completion_date=1937
|renovations=2001
|date_demolished=
|cost=$95,000 (1984)<br/>$25,000 (1997)<br/>$425,000 (2004)
|structural_system=
|style=
|size=40'x150'<br/>three stories<br/>650 seats
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.413752" lon="-87.215481" zoom="17" width="300" height="300">
30.413641, -87.215258, Rex Theatre
</googlemap>
}}
The [[Rex Theatre]] (often called simply "'''the Rex'''") was opened in [[1937]] as a furniture store. It was later converted to a 650-seat movie theater.
After closing, the building was nearly demolished. It was sold to the [[City of Pensacola]] in 1984 for $95,000. Architects [[J.P. MacNeill|J.P.]] and [[Michelle MacNeill]] bought the theatre in 1997 for $25,000, renovated it, and converted part of it to a 1,920 sq.ft. apartment.<ref>[http://www.escpa.org/details.asp?qAcctNum=130853000&qSection=&qTownship=&qRange=&qSubdivision=&qBlock=&qLot= Escambia County Property Appraiser record]</ref> It was sold again in 2004 for $425,000 to [[Tim Hogan]], the current owner, who has stated an intention to reopen the Rex as a "high-tech, retro-themed" venue for movies and concerts.<ref>[http://inewsloadedgun.blogspot.com/2006/07/rex-returns_05.html Loaded Gun, July 5, 2006]</ref> However, further renovations are still needed to bring the building up to code, and [[as of 2007]] the Rex has not reopened.
==References==
<small><references/></small>
{{arch-stub}}
[[Category:Historic theaters]]
|image=RexTheater.jpg
|caption=The Rex Theatre on Palafox
|name=Rex Theatre
|location=18 N [[Palafox Street]]<br/>Pensacola, FL 32501
|architect=
|client=
|engineer=
|owner=[[Tim Hogan]]
|construction_start_date=1930
|completion_date=1937
|renovations=2001
|date_demolished=
|cost=$95,000 (1984)<br/>$25,000 (1997)<br/>$425,000 (2004)
|structural_system=
|style=
|size=40'x150'<br/>three stories<br/>650 seats
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.413752" lon="-87.215481" zoom="17" width="300" height="300">
30.413641, -87.215258, Rex Theatre
</googlemap>
}}
The [[Rex Theatre]] (often called simply "'''the Rex'''") was opened in [[1937]] as a furniture store. It was later converted to a 650-seat movie theater.
After closing, the building was nearly demolished. It was sold to the [[City of Pensacola]] in 1984 for $95,000. Architects [[J.P. MacNeill|J.P.]] and [[Michelle MacNeill]] bought the theatre in 1997 for $25,000, renovated it, and converted part of it to a 1,920 sq.ft. apartment.<ref>[http://www.escpa.org/details.asp?qAcctNum=130853000&qSection=&qTownship=&qRange=&qSubdivision=&qBlock=&qLot= Escambia County Property Appraiser record]</ref> It was sold again in 2004 for $425,000 to [[Tim Hogan]], the current owner, who has stated an intention to reopen the Rex as a "high-tech, retro-themed" venue for movies and concerts.<ref>[http://inewsloadedgun.blogspot.com/2006/07/rex-returns_05.html Loaded Gun, July 5, 2006]</ref> However, further renovations are still needed to bring the building up to code, and [[as of 2007]] the Rex has not reopened.
==References==
<small><references/></small>
{{arch-stub}}
[[Category:Historic theaters]]