{"nrhp_refnum":"12001163","name":"Fox Theatre Inglewood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"115 N. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Inglewood","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.963176856000075,"lon":-118.35275498199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single movie theatre building at 115 N. Market Street in downtown Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, built in 1949 to designs by architect S. Charles Lee with designer Carl G. Moeller.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant at the local level under Criterion C as the work of two masters, Lee and Moeller. It also embodies the distinctive characteristics of a 'Skouras Style' movie theatre, a mix of Art Deco and rococo ornament used for Fox West Coast Theatres between about 1945 and 1954.","narrative":"Built in 1949 at 115 N. Market Street in downtown Inglewood, this movie theatre replaced the Granada Theater, which opened in 1924 and was gutted by fire in 1945. Architect S. Charles Lee designed the street front, with a metal blade-shaped tower sign, a projecting marquee and a recessed entrance meant to start the show on the sidewalk. Inside, a kidney-shaped lobby leads to an auditorium that originally seated about 1,000. Designer Carl G. Moeller decorated the auditorium in the 'Skouras Style', combining Art Deco and rococo forms in gilded plaster and metal, including large sconces and a sweeping ceiling arabesque that hid neon lighting. The nomination treats it as a turning point in the Lee-Moeller partnership and as an outstanding example of the style, which was used for Fox West Coast theatres. It is listed for architecture at the local level. The theatre is now vacant, and much of its original seating and detailing survives.","period_of_significance":"1949","architect_builder":"Lee, S. Charles, Architect; Moeller, Carl G., Designer","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Streamline Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the marquee is boxed behind plywood and the neon has been removed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.552106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/12001163.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001163/0b7b09beb4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001163/0b7b09beb4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jengod","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fox_Theater,_Inglewood,_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jengod</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:Fox_Theater,_Inglewood,_California.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859121","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Theatre_Inglewood","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16928091"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/fox-theatre-inglewood-12001163/"}