Historic Place

Hippodrome

Waco · McLennan County · Dedicated 1983 · THC Atlas #2083003153

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Marker Inscription

Architecture, Performing Arts

About this site

Hippodrome is a historic place in Waco, McLennan County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 8 historic places documented in McLennan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 224 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5545, -97.1339 near Waco. The nearest cataloged historic site is Waco Theatre (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Praetorian Building, Waco Drug Company, and Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M..

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003153. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Waco Hippodrome opened on February 7, 1914 as a venue for silent films, vaudeville, and civic events, its first bill featuring a live seal act, an orchestra, and a magic act. After a 1928 fire the building was enlarged and remodeled in a Spanish Colonial/Mediterranean Revival style with a light stucco façade, clay-tile roof, and cast-stone ornament. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, it was restored beginning in 2012 and now operates as a concert hall and event space.

Sources: wacohistory.org sah-archipedia.org

📍 31.5545, -97.1339 · Waco, McLennan County

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