The Granada Theatre (french: Théâtre Granada) is a theatre in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The Granada Theatre was listed as a National Historic Site of Canada on June 5, 1996. The building was designed in the Spanish Revival style by Daniel J. Crighton with its interior decor by prolific theatre decorator

Emmanuel Briffa Emmanuel Briffa (September 4, 1875 – 1955) was a Maltese Canadian theatre decorator whose career in North America spanned thirty years, starting in 1912. Devoted almost entirely to theatre decoration since immigrating to North America from ...

History

It was built as an

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 ...

in 1928 by ''United Amusement Corporation Limited'', a subsidiary of '' Famous Players''. It was inaugurated on January 18, 1929. During the 1970s, the opening of movie theatres in shopping centers in suburban areas are made at the expense of the existing downtown movie theaters. Film showings became increasingly rare. In 1998, the city of Sherbrooke bought the theater in order to protect the building.

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* {{in lang, fr National Historic Sites in Quebec Buildings and structures in Sherbrooke Theatres in Quebec Theatres completed in 1929 Atmospheric theatres Former cinemas in Canada Culture of Sherbrooke Spanish Revival architecture Theatres on the National Historic Sites of Canada register