Southern Aid Society Building/Dunbar Theater, Interior of the theater from north, August 1986
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Credit: Betty Bird, D.C. Historic Preservation Office
This file appears in: Southern Aid Society Building-Dunbar Theater Building
Southern Aid Society Building-Dunbar Theater Building
While Black architect Isaiah T. Hatton (1883-1921) designed the building in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, Reginald W. Geare (1889-1927) designed the movie theater on the first floor of the 1921 building. Similar to other establishments in…