1215 U St. NW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 27, 1993. NRIS 93001129.
1 contributing building.
Lincoln Theatre is a historic theater in Washington, D.C., located at 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl. The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway", served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues. The Lincoln Theatre included a movie house and ballroom, and hosted jazz and big band performers such as Duke Ellington. The theater closed after the 1968 race-related riots. It was restored and reopened in 1994, and hosts a variety of performances and events. The U Street Metro station, which opened in 1991, is located across the street from the Lincoln Theatre.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692273