KiMo Theater, Albuquerque, NM

**Kimo Theater** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 77000920, date listed 5/2/1977

 

421 Central Ave.

 

Albuquerque, NM (Bernalillo County)

 

The KiMo Theater, located on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Fifth Street in the heart of downtown Albuquerque, is a steel frame and brick structure, three stories high with a fly loft five stories high. The exterior is finished with strongly textured light brown stucco with ornamental details of glazed terra cotta tile and relief work in vivid colors. Built in 1926-27 for both motion picture and stage productions, the auditorium has a procenium stage and a seating capacity of 1300.

 

Pablo Abelta, well-known governor of the Pueblo of Isleta, and founder of the All-Pueblo Indian Council, suggested the name for the theater to Boiler: KiMo, meaning "king of its kind." (1)

 

The Kimo Theater is an amazing fusion of Pueblo and Art Deco style theater which opened in 1927. (2)

 

References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...

 

(2) The Route 66 www.theroute-66.com/albuquerque-Route66-attractions-page3...

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