16th and J Sts., Sacramento, California. County/parish: Sacramento.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 29, 1978. NRIS 78000743.
1 contributing building.
The Sacramento Memorial Auditorium is a historic auditorium located in Sacramento, California. Completed in 1926, the Auditorium opened in February, 1927.
The building was constructed as a memorial to Sacramento County veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War I. A list of the county's war dead from those two conflicts can be found in the building's foyer, above the entry into the auditorium. Several plaques inside and outside the building honor military veterans, and etched on either side of the front entrance into the building are the words: "This building is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the United States."
Closed in 1986 due to seismic concerns, the building fell into disrepair, and re-opened in 1996, after renovation, as part of the Sacramento Convention Center Complex. The auditorium houses The Jean Runyon Little Theater and Memorial Hall. The main auditorium seats 3,849, while the Jean Runyon Little Theater seats 272.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860662