Paramount Theatre (Atlanta)

Paramount Theatre
The Howard Theatre in 1924
Former names	Howard Theatre (1920–1929)
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Movie palace
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance
Address	169 Peachtree Street NE[1]
Town or city	Atlanta, Georgia
Country	United States
Coordinates	33°45′28.5″N 84°23′14.5″W / 33.757917°N 84.387361°W / 33.757917; -84.387361
Construction started	1919
Opened	December 1920
Demolished	1960
Cost	US$1,000,000
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Philip T. Shutze
Architecture firm	Hentz, Reid & Adler
Other information
Seating capacity	2,700

The Paramount Theatre was a movie palace in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The building was designed by Philip T. Shutze and was completed in 1920 as the Howard Theatre, a name it kept until 1929. It was located at 169 Peachtree Street, in an area that soon became the location of several other major theaters, earning it the nickname "Broadway of the South". With a seating capacity of 2,700, it was at the time the second largest movie theater in the world, behind only the Capitol Theatre in New York City. In addition to functioning as a movie theater, the building hosted live performances, with several nationally renowned orchestras playing at the venue through the 1940s and Elvis Presley playing at the theater in 1956. By the 1950s, however, movie palaces faced increased competition from smaller movie theaters and the rise in popularity of television, and the Paramount was demolished in 1960.