{"nrhp_refnum":"11000982","name":"Ridglea Theatre","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6025-6033 Camp Bowie Blvd. & 3309 Winthrop Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.72869056700006,"lon":-97.41448682799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Spanish Eclectic masonry building at 6025-6033 Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas, completed in 1950. It combines a movie theater with an attached bank/office wing and was part of A. C. Luther's Ridglea Village development.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as an intact example of Spanish Eclectic design, with a distinctive sandstone tower, a Moorish-influenced marquee and lobby murals. It was one of four quadrants of Ridglea Village, which served as the main shopping center for Fort Worth's west side. It also forms part of the history of the Interstate Circuit's neighborhood theaters in the city.","narrative":"Ridglea Theatre, built in 1950 on Camp Bowie Boulevard in west Fort Worth, pairs a movie house with a two-story bank and office wing. Developer A. C. Luther made it one of four quadrants of Ridglea Village, a retail and business complex built between the early 1940s and mid 1950s. Spanish Eclectic detailing runs throughout: Palo Pinto sandstone walls, painted brick, red clay tile roofs, timber-supported balconies and a Moorish-patterned marquee. A 70-foot sandstone tower with a belvedere carries the name RIDGLEA in neon. Inside, the lobby has a terrazzo floor and large murals by Eugene John Gilboe, who often worked for the Interstate Circuit theater chain, showing Spaniards and pirates landing on the California coast. The building was altered in 1994, when the auditorium floor and balcony were changed, yet the stage, proscenium and murals remain. It is listed for its architecture and its role in Fort Worth's suburban theater history, and a rehabilitation for performing arts use is underway.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Developer A. C. Luther; lobby murals designed by Eugene John Gilboe","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival (Spanish Eclectic)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as work in progress with a specialty store as current use; being rehabilitated as a multi-purpose performing arts venue and film theater under a federal tax credit project.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.036064-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/9735/40973548/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/11000982.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000982/290b1fee04-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000982/290b1fee04-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridglea_Theater1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridglea_Theater1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973548","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridglea_Theatre","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7332875"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/ridglea-theatre-11000982/"}