Emile Weil (January 20, 1878 – January 19, 1945) was a noted architect of New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied with New Orleans artist William Woodward. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works include: * Arabian Theatre, Laurel, Mississippi (built 1927) * B. Lowenstein & Brothers Building, 27 S. Main St. Memphis, TN, NRHP-listed * Benjamin-Moore-Christovitch Residence, 5531 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA * Bohn Motor Company Building, South Broad St., New Orleans, LA (built 1926) * Church of St. John the Evangelist, Plaquemine, LA * Canal Bank & Trust Company (New Orleans, LA) * Crane Co. Building (New Orleans, Louisiana) (built 1922), 1148 S. Peters St.

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Mill Construction style * Dixie Brewery (New Orleans, LA) * Four Winds (New Orleans, LA) * Jerusalem Temple of the Shriners of New Orleans (with Stone Bros., architects, now Church of the King), 1137 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA (built 1916) *

Jefferson Theatre The Jefferson Theatre is a historic performing arts theatre located on Fannin Street in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Designed by Emile Weil and built in 1927, it is an example of Old Spanish architecture and seats over 1400. The theatre was built ...

(built 1927), 345 Fannin St.

Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat, seat of government of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, metropo ...

, NRHP-listed * Leon Fellman Building, 810 Canal St., New Orleans, LA * Newberger House, 1640 Palmer Ave.

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Pelican Stadium * Saenger Theatre (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) (built 1929), Art Deco style, NRHP-listed *

Saenger Theatre (Mobile, Alabama) The Saenger Theatre is a historic theater and contributing building to the Lower Dauphin Street Historic District in Mobile, Alabama. It was dedicated in January 1927. The Saenger Theatre is a Mobile landmark, known for its architecture and ti ...

(built 1927) * Saenger Theatre (New Orleans, Louisiana) (built 1927), 1111 Canal St.

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Atmospheric theatre An atmospheric theatre is a type of movie palace design which was popular in the late 1920s. Atmospheric theatres were designed and decorated to evoke the feeling of a particular time and place for patrons, through the use of projectors, archit ...

style, NRHP-listed *

Saenger Theatre (Pensacola, Florida) The Saenger Theatre, also known as the Saenger Theater, is a historic theater in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 118 South Palafox Place. On July 19, 1976, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 1989, the Saen ...

(built 1925), 118 S. Palafox St.

Pensacola, FL Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ci ...

, NRHP-listed * Saenger Theatre (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) (built 1924), NRHP-listed *

Saenger Theatre (Texarkana, Texas) Saenger Theatre (or Theater) may refer to any of the movie theatres in the defunct Saenger Theatre chain, including: * Saenger Theatre (Mobile, Alabama) * Saenger Theatre (Pine Bluff, Arkansas), listed on the US National Register of Historic Place ...

(built 1924), renamed the

Perot Theatre Perot may refer to: People * Ross Perot (1930–2019), United States business leader and presidential candidate * H. Ross Perot, Jr. (born 1958), United States businessman and son of Ross Perot * Alfred Pérot (1863–1925), French physicist * ...

, 221 Main St, Texarkana, Texas, NRHP-listed * Salomon Residence, 5428 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA * S. H. Kress Department Store (New Orleans, Louisiana) *

Strand Theatre (Shreveport, Louisiana) The Strand Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, opened in 1925 as a Vaudeville venue and was nicknamed "The greatest theatre of the South" and the "Million Dollar Theatre" by its builders, Julian and Abraham Saenger of Shreveport, owne ...

, (built 1925), 630 Crockett

Shreveport, LA Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is ...

, NRHP-listed *

Temple Theater (Meridian, Mississippi) The Hamasa Shrine Temple Theater, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, is a historic theater located at 2320 8th Street in Meridian, Mississippi. The Temple Theater was constructed in the Moorish Revival style and began scree ...

construction started 1923, 2318 8th St. Meridian, MS,

Moorish Revival architecture Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th centur ...

style, NRHP-listed * Tivoli Theatre (New Orleans, Louisiana) * Touro Synagogue (New Orleans, Louisiana) New Orleans, LA (built 1909) * Union Bethel A.M.E. Church (New Orleans, Louisiana), 2321 Thalia

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Whitney National Bank Hancock Whitney Corp. is a bank holding company headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. It operates 237 branches in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The bank is the official bank of the New Orleans Saints and issues the offici ...

, St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA

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