Eugene De Rosa

Eugene De Rosa
De Rosa's Broadway Theatre on 53rd Street, built in 1924 and pictured in 2010
Born
Eugene De Rosa

1894
Calabria, Italy
Died1945
NationalityItalian American
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsApollo Theatre, Broadway Theatre, Gallo Opera House

Eugene De Rosa (1894 – c. 1945) was an Italian American architect, named at birth Eugenio. He worked in New York City and specialized in the design of theatres.

De Rosa's business flourished from 1918 to 1929, particularly during the Roaring Twenties, but it largely declined during the Great Depression. During the 1930s he spent some years in London and settled for a while in Naples. Toward the end of World War II he was reported to be back in New York and beginning to work on post-war theatre projects, just before his death.