National and State Registers of Historic Places
Colonial Fox Theatre
409 N Broadway
Pittsburg (Crawford County)
Listed in National Register
Apr 16, 2008
Architect: Unknown
Category: theater
Thematic Nomination: Historic Theaters and Opera Houses of Kansas
Built in 1919, the Colonial Fox Theatre is nominated for its association with Pittsburg's entertainment history and for its Italian Renaissance Revival architecture. Between the two world wars, the Colonial Theatre, as it was called before the 1950s, was one of several theaters that anchored downtown entertainment and nightlife in southeast Kansas' largest city.
