Newton Theater

Washington, D.C., United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Newton Theater is an Art Deco movie house designed by architect John Jacob Zink and opened on July 29, 1937, in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The inaugural screening featured *I Met Him in Paris*, starring Claudette Colbert and Robert Young. After closing in the mid-1960s, the building passed through several uses: Catholic University of America occupied it until 1971, it briefly reopened for films in the late 1970s, and hosted punk rock concerts in 1984 before being converted to a Peoples Drug store in the 1990s, later rebranded as CVS/pharmacy. The CVS retained many of the building's distinctive Art Deco exterior features, including its marquee, ziggurat, and signage. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, the Newton Theater exemplifies Zink's prolific career designing over 200 movie theaters throughout the region.