Tivoli Theatre

Chattanooga, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, opened on March 19, 1921, as a landmark Beaux-Arts performing arts venue designed by the renowned Chicago firm Rapp and Rapp alongside Chattanooga architect Reuben H. Hunt. Constructed between 1919 and 1921 at a cost of $750,000, it was among the first air-conditioned public buildings in the United States. The theatre's distinctive façade features cream tiles and beige terra-cotta bricks, while its most striking ornament is a large marquee adorned with red, black, and white elements and 1,000 chaser lights, complemented by a prominent black neon sign reading "TIVOLI" with additional chasing lights. Named after Tivoli, Italy, the building earned the epithet "Jewel of the South" and continues to serve as a movie theater, opera house, and concert hall.