The Coleman Theatre is a historic performance venue and movie house located on historic

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. Built in 1929 for George Coleman, a local mining magnate, it has a distinctive

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exterior, and an elaborate Louis XV interior. It was billed as the most elaborate theater between

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and

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at the time of its opening, and played host to vaudeville acts, musical groups, and movies. Coleman Theater interior

It was listed on the

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in 1983. Like more than 100 other theaters in the Midwest, it was designed by the

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architectural firm of

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. It was built by Rucks-Brandt Construction Co. With It is a theater/commercial structure. It was originally intended to include commercial shops on the first floors of its east and south sides, where the entrances to the theater were located, and to include the Masonic Lodge Hall on the eastern half of its second floor.

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Coleman Theatre web site
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Oklahoma Masonic buildings in Oklahoma Buildings and structures completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Ottawa County, Oklahoma Miami, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub

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