Modern Federal · Theaters

Sign for the Fox Tucson Theatre in downtown Tucson, Arizona. The theater opened on April 11, 1930 as a performance space in downtown Tucson. It now hosts a wide spectrum of events and concerts featuring a variety of performing talent, ranging from ballets, to jazz, contemporary pop, world music and rock acts. The Fox, originally to be called "The Tower," was built in 1929 by Nicholas Diamos for his Southern Arizona Lyric Amusement chain of theaters

Tucson, Arizona · 1850–1939

Sign for the Fox Tucson Theatre in downtown Tucson, Arizona. The theater opened on April 11, 1930 as a performance space in downtown Tucson. It now hosts a wide spectrum of events and concerts featuring a variety of performing talent, ranging from ballets, to jazz, contemporary pop, world music and rock acts. The Fox, originally to be called "The Tower," was built in 1929 by Nicholas Diamos for his Southern Arizona Lyric Amusement chain of theaters, Tucson, Arizona, 1850–1939
Sign for the Fox Tucson Theatre in downtown Tucson, Arizona. The theater opened on April 11, 1930 as a performance space in downtown Tucson. It now hosts a wide spectrum of events and concerts featuring a variety of performing talent, ranging from ballets, to jazz, contemporary pop, world music and rock acts. The Fox, originally to be called "The Tower," was built in 1929 by Nicholas Diamos for his Southern Arizona Lyric Amusement chain of theaters, Tucson, Arizona, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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