Ambassador Theater

Contributors:

Erle Stillwell, architect

Dates:

1937

Location:

Raleigh, Wake County

Street Address:

Fayetteville St., Raleigh, NC

Status:

No longer standing

Type:

Commercial

Images Published In:

William Mitchell, Buildings as History: The Architecture of Erle Stillwell. A Descriptive Catalogue of His Drawings in the Henderson County Public Library (2006).

Note:

A favorite landmark on the main street of the state capital, the Art Deco style movie theater—considered Raleigh’s foremost movie theater—was one of many designed by Stillwell, most of which have been lost. This one was razed in the 1970s when Fayetteville Street was made into a mall. See Mitchell, Building as History and the website “Going to the Show” for images of this and many others of his theaters.