Fowler Theatre is a historic theater located at Fowler,

Benton County, Indiana Benton County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; i ...

. It was built in 1940, and is a one-story,

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

style

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. It is a red brick building on a concrete foundation and features the original marquee. The interior has Art Deco and

Art Moderne Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design ...

decorative elements. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 2004.

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* * Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Theatres completed in 1940 Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States Art Deco architecture in Indiana Buildings and structures in Benton County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Indiana Tourist attractions in Benton County, Indiana 1940 establishments in Indiana {{BentonCountyIN-NRHP-stub