The Atlas Theater and Shops are located at 1313-33 H Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Swampoodle

Swampoodle

Swampoodle was an Irish neighborhood in Washington, D.C.. A geographic approximation of its borders would be K Street to the north, G Street to the south, 1st Street NW to the west, and 2nd Street NE to the east. Through the center of it ran the principal branch of Tiber Creek...

 neighborhood.

History

It was originally built in 1938, by the Kogod-Burka movie chain.
It closed in August 1976.
The H Street Community Development Corp. purchased the theater in 1985, and renovated the Art Moderne facade in 1989.

In 2002, the Sprenger-Lang Foundation donated $450,000 of the $1.2 million asking price.
The building was renovated for $22 million, beginning in 2004.
The Atlas Performing Arts Center

Atlas Performing Arts Center

The Atlas Performing Arts Center is a multiple space performing arts facility located on H Street Northeast in Washington, DC. Housed is a renovated Art Deco movie house the facility is home to several arts organizations....

 opened in March 2005.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in the District of Columbia
• Theater in Washington D.C.
  Theater in Washington D.C.
  Theater companies and live theater venues in Washington, DC-Producing Theaters:*Adventure Theatre - *Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - **Fichandler Stage**Kreeger Theater**The Black Box Theater at Arena Stage...
  
  
• Newton Theater
  Newton Theater
  The Newton Theater is located at 3601 12th Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Brookland neighborhoodThe Art Deco building was designed by John Jacob Zink in 1937....
  
  

External links

• Atlas Arts Center website
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/40433497@N05/4081951134/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisc/4131346607/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/anomalous_a/4631064724/
• http://www.bellarc.com/atlas.htm
• http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/histpres/decisions/hpa03-200.html