National Register Record for BUSBY THEATRE

Historic Name: BUSBY THEATRE
Current Name: CHURCH OF CHRIST
Address: SECOND AND WASHINGTON
City: MCALESTER            County: PITTSBURG
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED SHORTLY AFTER 1900, AND WAS ONCE THE LARGEST THEATER BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND DALLAS. INITIALLY KNOWN AS THE BUSBY THEATER, THE BUILDING WAS SLIGHTLY MODIFIED WHEN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST BOUGHT IT IN 1933. THE ESSENTIAL CHARAC

Type: B BUILDING
Historic Function: 08A THEATER
Current Function: 06A RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Area of Significance 1: 030 ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: 52 CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: R.H. BUSBY
Year Built: 1900            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: MCALESTER CITY DIRECTORY 1913; 1916-1917. : MCALESTER GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, PAMPHLET, PUBLISHED BY CITY, 1949.
Date Prepared: 3/79