Avalon Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

	Avalon Theatre
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	5612 Connecticut Ave. NW; Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°57′56″N 77°4′35″W / 38.96556°N 77.07639°W
Built	1922
Architect	Upman and Adams
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	96000734
Added to NRHP	July 18, 1996

The Avalon Theatre, formerly known as Chevy Chase Theatre, is an historic structure located in the Chevy Chase neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. The Classical Revival building was designed by the architectural firm of Upman and Adams and completed in 1922. The Avalon is a rare example of a neighborhood movie house in Washington; it is the oldest in continuous use.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

As of 2021, it hosts the Washington metropolitan area's third-largest commercial movie theater screen, after the National Air & Space Museum and the AFI Silver in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Official website

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Chevy Chase Theater (Avalon Theater)". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[dcpreservation-2] "Chevy Chase Theater (Avalon Theater)". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

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