Arabian Theatre

Style
Moorish / Mudéjar
City
Seattle, WA
Arabian Theatre
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Arabian Theatre in the Ballard/Fremont area is built in the Moorish Revival style, with ornament meant to be read from the sidewalk. Its name plays up the exotic image the style was built to evoke, giving the theater a distinctive presence on the street.

the style

The Moorish Revival ornament gives the theater's front a distinctive, exotic-flavored identity visible from the street, matching the drama of its name.

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