National Register Record for SOONER THEATRE BUILDING

Historic Name: SOONER THEATRE BUILDING
Current Name: None
Address: 101 EAST MAIN STREET
City: NORMAN            County: CLEVELAND
Section: 30           Township: 9N           Range: 2W          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1929, THE SOONER THEATER WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT HAROLD GIMENO. HIS FATHER, THE ARTIST PATRICIO GIMENO, ADDED MUCH OF THE DETAIL PAINTING IN THE AUDITORIUM. THE SOONER OPENED AS A COMBINATION THEATER, FEATURING A FULLY EQUIPPED STAGE AS WELL AS SOUND MOVIES. THE EXTERIOR OF THE THEATER IS ORNAMENTED IN A SPANISH BAROQUE MOTIF. THE THEATER WAS RECENTLY RESTORED AND REURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL USE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 8/31/78.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: THEATER
Current Function: THEATER
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: HAROLD GIMENO, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1929            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS GATHERED BY SOONER THEATER OF NORMAN, INC.
Date Prepared: JUNE 1977