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Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

Shreveport, US

Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium is a historic performance and meeting venue at 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is an Art Deco building constructed between 1926 and 1929 during the administration of Mayor Lee Emmett Thomas as a memorial to the servicemen of World War

I. In 1991, the auditorium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on October 6, 2008, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. The building also became a contributing property of Shreveport Commercial Historic District when its boundaries were increased on May 16, 1997.

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