Ambassador Theatre
- Architect
- Rapp and Rapp
- Year
- 1926
- City
- St. Louis, MO
The Ambassador Theatre is a downtown St. Louis movie palace designed in 1926 by Rapp and Rapp, architects noted for their movie palace work. The theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its grand facade still holds a strong presence on the street.
the building
The facade. The theater presents a grand movie-palace facade with strong street presence, characteristic of the picture-palace era it was built in.
the architect
Rapp and Rapp were noted movie palace architects; they designed the Ambassador Theatre in 1926.
significance
The Ambassador Theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Hotel Saint Louis
- Chemical Building
- United States Customhouse and Post Office
- Laclede Gas Building
- Orpheum Theater
- Lennox Hotel